Air-cooling technology at Cricket Valley Energy Center (CVEC) reduces water use by more than 98%, and a rooftop rainfall capture system is used to provide a supplemental supply of water and a stormwater management plan. On average, the facility uses about 15 gallons of water per minute during cooler months and up to 60 gallons per minute during the hotter summer months. By way of comparison, a garden hose uses 5 to 10 gallons per minute.

No process water is discharged into the Swamp River and CVEC has incorporated stormwater management techniques to minimize impact on the flow of the River. Wells drilled on the CVEC site into the bedrock aquifer produce sufficient water to meet the needs of the facility and have been tested to ensure that impacts to neighboring wells, the surface aquifer, the Swamp River and associated wetlands are insignificant.

Studies conducted by Russell Urban-Mead, Senior Hydrogeologist and author of the 1999 Harlem Valley Aquifer Study, found that even during drought conditions CVEC will have a small impact on the water budget, with sufficient water available for future projects in the area.