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The locks opened in 2016 drain each chamber into side basins and use that water for the next lift. The figure is taken from Panama Canal Authority, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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The Panama Canal reuses water to save it

The locks opened in 2016 drain each chamber into side basins and use that water for the next lift Each passage through the older locks released about 200 million litres of fresh water to the sea, drawn from Gatun Lake. The new locks have three water saving basins per chamber that hold the water for the next ship. They also take Neopanamax vessels up to 366 metres long and 49 metres wide, well beyond the original limit. It sits in Mondo's technology collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The locks opened in 2016 drain each chamber into side basins and use that water for the next lift. The figure is taken from Panama Canal Authority, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a technology fact?: Yes. It sits on the Technology shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.