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<br />W <br />-J <br />~ <br />,&:. <br /> <br />Use of saline water for coal slurry transport appears to offer <br />significant potential for joint use savings and reduction in the costs <br />of salinity control. <br /> <br />Long distance transport of saline water (greater than 100 miles) for <br />single purpose salinity control is generally not cost-effective and <br />should not be further considered. <br /> <br />Future generation of power or production of freshwater using the <br />demon$trated technology of salt gradient solar ponds may soon become <br />economically attractive. Because long-distance, single-purpose <br />trans~ort of saline wastewater is not cost-effective, the benefits of <br />jointldevelopment are difficult to quantify. More study is needed to <br />define costs and comparative economics. <br /> <br />The e~onomic and cost-sharing potential for the use of saline water <br />pipelines in a wastewater collection system could not be determined <br />and mOre study is needed. <br /> <br />Composite plans that combine beneficial uses offer promise and <br />warrant additional study. <br /> <br />Recommendations <br /> <br />The legal and institutional issues and concerns raised concerning <br />procequres for acquiring diversion rights, allocation of wasted saline <br />water,among State and Federal interests, and transfer of saline water <br />across State boundaries need to be addressed by the Basin States <br />acting through the Forum, <br /> <br />An interagency and industry effort is recommended to demonstrate the <br />reliability of advanced saline water cooling tower technology and <br />other 'related technologies that are necessary for saline water use. <br /> <br />The Department of the Interior should expedite feasibility level <br />planning studies for local use of saline water on a site-specific <br />basis,where potential users express a willingness to participate in a <br />joint venture. Such studies should be on a "fast track" basis, or <br />alternatively delegated to utilities on a "turnkey" basis, in order to <br />mesh with the planning horizon of utilities. <br /> <br />A planning study of a coal slurry pipeline should be conducted using <br />saline water for transfer of coal. It would be a cooperative study <br />with ~rivate interests and the Forum to examine a broad range of <br />physidal, legal, and institutional alternatives prior to selection of <br />a recommended plan. <br /> <br />Following appropriate feasibility studies, the Secretary of the <br />Interior should be granted authority to enter into contractual <br />arrangements with private energy development interests to share the <br />costs 'and benefits of saline water use. <br /> <br />:t <br /> <br />, <br />;4: <br />:r <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />d <br />".~ <br />,/,- /,~ <br />.ji,,: ~,~,~~j,!:,,_~~,L "i,-2_,x~ilJj <br /> <br />, <br />.' <br /> <br />''''':'"''- <br />