Impact on Texas water quality and resources of alternate strategies for production, distribution, and utilization of energy in Texas in the period 1974--2000. Final report. Project E/S-3
Analyses and assessment of the impact of projected energy and water demands, and alternate fuel strategies on the water resources of the state as a whole were made for three scenarios. In addition, analyses were made for the Colorado and Neches River Basins as representing relatively different regions with regard to water resources and industrial and population concentrations. Two state overviews, the baseline scenario (Scenario I), and the market forces scenario (Scenario II), were based on data and assumptions provided by the Governor's Energy Advisory Council through the Governor's Office of Information Services. The analyses for the third scenario are based on projections of water demand made by the Texas Water Development Board and from water quality information obtained from the Texas Water Quality Board. Water requirements for this scenario are 4,511 billion gallons per year (BGY) in 1970 and increase by a factor of 2.6 to 11,726 BGY by 1985, and to 34,503 BGY by the year 2000. Using these projections, water consumption between 1970 and 1985 is projected to increase by a factor of 1.64 from 546 BGY to 893 BGY. Consumption is estimated to be 1,580 BGY by the year 2000. It is estimated that the heat discharged to receiving streams from steam electric power plants will remain at the current level of about 174 x 10/sup 12/ BTU's because of the use of cooling ponds or cooling towers at all new power plants. In applying the 1977 EPA requirements of secondary treatment for municipalities, and best practicable treatment for industry, it is projected that the pollution load as measured by biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) to receiving waters will decrease from 196 million pounds in 1970 to 118 million pounds in 1977 despite an increase in return flows from these two sources of about 20 percent.
- Research Organization:
- Texas Univ., Austin (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7347611
- Report Number(s):
- NSF-RA-N-74-235
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: For State of Texas, Governor's Energy Advisory Council
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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