Water conservation on the Upper Missouri and Mississippi Rivers through thermal-standards modifications. Project dates, October 1977-September 1980

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5283114

Giaquinta, A R; Croley, II, T E

This study evaluates the marginal (incremental) changes in cooling-related water consumption (evaporative water loss) and power plant cooling expenses which result from unit changes in river temperature standards along the Upper Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in the MAPP geographical area. All existing and proposed (through 1987) plants located along the river reaches are assumed to be in operation. A number of hypothetical river thermal standards are considered including the extreme cases of free discharge (no thermal sandards) and no discharge. The costs of existing and more restrictive thermal standards are assessed by computing the marginal increases in expense and water consumption over the free-discharge case. Less restrictive standards also are examined for their probable impact in the MAPP region.

• Research Organization: Iowa Inst. of Hydraulic Research, Iowa City (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5283114
• Report Number(s): PB-81-133704; ISWRRI-100; IIHR-229; ON: DE82905323
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ECONOMIC IMPACT
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TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
RIVERS
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