Alternative sources of water for prototype oil shale development, Colorado and Utah. [Tracts C-a and C-b in Colorado and U-a and U-b in Utah]

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:7295560

Specific alternative sources of water for use in prototype oil shale developments in Tracts C-a and C-b in west-central Colorado and Tracts U-a and U-b in east-central Utah are identified. The report was prepared for submittal to the Oil Shale Environmental Advisory Panel at its September 10, 1974, meeting at Laramie, Wyoming. It is intended to provide technical information on alternative water sources for consideration and examination by the panel before it makes recommendations on water developments for oil shale to the Secretary of the Interior. It is anticipated that information in the report will be considered along with the interests of the States of Colorado and Utah and of industry and various environmental and socio-economic factors. The information contained in this report is based on and supplements information presented in previous reports by the Department of Interior on oil shale development. (JGB)

• Research Organization: Bureau of Reclamation, Salt Lake City, Utah (USA). Upper Colorado Region
• OSTI ID: 7295560
• Report Number(s): NP-20798
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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