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<br />~ <br />-.J <br />A <br />.... <br /> <br />On Track With Aquatrain <br /> <br />"The AQUA TRAIN PrOject 1$ a viable and <br />dynamIC concept Wltl'1 new proposalS and <br />IBChnologies COntinually being COnsidered," <br />CliffOrd Barrett, Director of Reclamation's <br />Upper Colorado Region said recently <br />Three Innovative concepts ha..e been <br />examined Iodate In the process of identifying <br />and evaluating options lor a proposed <br />plpelme system to transport saline water and <br />olhercommodlli€s from me upper reaches 0' <br />the Colorado River Basin 1.200 miles Into tne <br />Southwest <br />The first and Dest known concept <br />onsldered was the use 01 saline water 10 <br />anslXlf'l coal In PlastiC capsules (the <br />bagg~" technique) A secOnd. somew-hat <br />modlfred concept entails an organically <br />coated. waterproof commodity allOWing <br />direct slurry transport uSlIlg saline water The <br />third and most promiSing option under <br />consideration 1$ the lIQuid carbon <br />dIOXide/Coal slurry technique <br />Thl$ latest proposal appears to be a more <br />COSt effiCient way of meebng prOject <br />objectiVes by USing a "slugging" concept 01 <br />alternately pumping liquid car1xln <br />dloll:l(]e;coal Slurry and saline water, For the <br />Bureau 01 Reclamation and the seven <br />Colorado Rr.-er Basin Stales, It IS a least<ost <br />methOd 01 redUCing Colorado Rrver salinity, <br />the cause of about $113 million In damages <br />annually For AQuatraln. Inc" a SUbSidiary 01 <br />W R Grace & Co. It IS an economically <br />competitive way to transport coal The <br />Slugging concept IS used today In the <br />petroleum Industry Usually, the prOducts are <br />separated from each other by polyethylene <br />pegs to prevent conlamlr'\ation and mlxnlg of <br />matenals <br />LabOratory studJe$ dOne by Arthur D. Little <br />shaw that lIQuid carbon dl()lI:lde can carry <br />three tJmes more malenal than water In a <br />slurry Of capsule system In the same pipeline <br />The pipeline may be used to carry other <br />commodities, ,ncluding S<Xla ash, grain. and <br />clay products <br /> <br /> <br />Comdo< _ <br /> <br />Vanous pipeline comclofs were developed <br />by the Bureau 01 ReclamatIon through a <br />companson of saline water sources, <br />prevIOUsly evaluate(l pipeline routes. and <br /> <br />AOUATRAI~ PIPEUM SYSTEM <br />PIWPOSE D COMMODITY SOURCES <br />AND POINTS OF USE / MARKETS <br /> <br />II.HIT[ Pl"'E ,. ..' 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A,SHITRO.....SEDSI._:::-:. <br />COA,t',lA,I1HTS,PO\lfiH"..rsl .- <br />SAlI'of Il.ATHUSESIHS '. <br />POiTS ~ <br /> <br />expressions 0' Interest received by <br />AQuatraln. Inc, from potenllal partiCipants <br />Industry and PUblic comments are nov-. <br />belng SOught to evaluate prejlmmary <br />alternatIVeS, With corndor selection <br />antICipated by spnng 1983 Detailed <br />enVIronmental analyses--1n parallel W1th <br />technical. llnanclal, and economiC studies-- <br />WIll tOlIow Construction could becompleted <br />by 1989 <br /> <br />Interested groups and CItiZens are urged to <br />send comments on the comd()( route to the <br />Saline Water Transport and Use OffICe. ERC- <br />100_ PO Bol< 25007. Denver CO 80225 <br /> <br />The Aquatrain Team <br /> <br />The Aqualraln plannIng team has recently <br />aOOed twO members Waller Flte, fOrmerly <br /> <br />With Reclamatlon's Lower Mlssoun Region. <br />was recently selected lor the AssIstant <br />PrOject Manager position Wall will head the <br />subteam respof1Slble lor comdor seiectlOn. <br />enwonmental assessment and Federal <br />permitting sludies_ Also JOIning the team IS <br />Linda WOOdWOrth. Wnter-Edltor. Irom <br />ReclamatlOrfS PUblic Affairs Center in <br />Den"" <br /> <br />Meeker Dome Unit <br /> <br />The contractor's phase I report haS been <br />recewed and a Clraft preliminary IlndlngS <br />report IS being preparea by ReclamatlOf1 <br />ThiS report Will summanze the won.. done to <br />date and the data that haS beer! developed <br />