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Impact of energy development on water resources in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Completion report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7078083
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The Upper Colorado River Basin contains appreciable amounts of undeveloped coal, oil shale, and uranium resources, which are important in the national energy demand system. A mathematical model, which simulates the salt and water exchange phase of potential fuel conversions, has been developed, based on a subbasin analysis identifying available mineral and water resources. Potential energy developments are evaluated with respect to the resulting impacts upon both the quantity and salinity of the waters in the Colorado River. Model solutions are generated by use of a multilevel minimum cost linear programming algorithm, minimum cost referring to the cost of developing predetermined levels of energy output. Level one in the model analysis represents an aggregation of subbasins along state boundaries and thereby optimizes energy developments over the five states of the Upper Colorado River Basin. In each of the five second level problems, energy developments over a subbasin division within the respective states are optimized. Development policies which use high salinity waters of the Upper Colorado River enable a net salinity reduction to be realized in the Colorado River at Lee Ferry, Arizona.
Research Organization:
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (USA). Dept. of Agricultural Engineering
OSTI ID:
7078083
Report Number(s):
PB-273017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALGORITHMS
COAL DEPOSITS
COAL MINING
COLORADO RIVER
COLORADO RIVER BASIN
COST
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MINES
MINING
OIL SHALE DEPOSITS
OIL SHALE MINING
RESOURCES
RIVERS
SALINITY
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
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URANIUM MINES
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