Colorado and Utah officials are considering the construction of new reservoirs to satisfy demands for water from oil shale development, according to the Denver Post [January 12, 2006, "New oil-shale push revives reservoir plans"]. From the article, "The town of Rangely, in northwest Colorado, and Uintah County, just across the state line in Utah, are reviving interest in water-storage projects that were on the drawing boards more than two decades ago during the last oil-shale boom. The reservoir proposals are both on the White River - one halfway between Meeker and Rangely and the other about 25 miles south of Vernal...
"Rangely is using an environmental study done during the late 1970s as a starting point to float the idea of building a 200,000-acre-feet reservoir - a shade smaller than Lake Dillon. That study determined about 500,000 acre-feet of White River water would be available for capture and reuse.
"Stewart said a reservoir likely would draw other industrial development to the area as well as a concessionaire business for the reservoir, which would be large enough for houseboats. It would also free more water to meet the drinking-water needs of a community that would grow with any large oil-shale development."
Category: Colorado Water
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