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~ co co "" Forum Hires Executive Director The Colorado River 8asm Salina]' Con- lrQI Forum. allts meeting on September 12.1980. hired Jack A Barnett as ItS first Executive Director Mr Barnell. formerly E)(eCullve Director 01 the Western Stales Water CounCIl. began his dutle5 November 1 at hl5 office In Sail lake City. Utah The Executive Director IS being funded by a grant 'rom the Environmental Protection Agency The seven state Forum IS composed of water resources and water Quality at. tlclals appomted by the Governors of the seven states The Forum provides a mechanism for dealmg With sahnlty problems 01 Interstate Significance The Colorado RI~er Water Quality Otllce Chief IS a member at the Forum's work group The Forum also e5tabllshed at thiS meeting a "PoliCY for Use of Brackl5h and/or Saline Waters tor Industflal Purposes" ThiS poliCy supports Water and Power's new appraisal study of "Saline Water Use and Disposal Opportunities-Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program '" -- _,'9"'''''''01..'''''......,. , ~--- ,-" "'-'"~~ "'AH w~ , \, .!Io9s.-tJ_1,IooIt 0.. ........~ ~, o .........0<:>P>0 ~~-~.. ..... - .....?'......v_.u-... .s.o._- _e. _Ur04 ~~"~Un"; Owt.~".......u"". ....-", Sp.-.qo L>ol (. .~ ( CA>.F , ( 1........"- .CoknooRn..'........ ............,.,Un. /- .T.....~.~Un,., o_~_'""'''''"~_ . . .~_IJM ;,__u...o co..o .~E"""C""~ , AR1l[NA .eN ,." , New Approach to Colorado River Salt Problem The Waler and Power Resources Service ASide !rom storing tne sail onSlle, In€- IS studylllg the pOS5rblirty oj collecllng only other disposal options Illvolve saline waters for use In energy produC- exporllllg the brme III prpelllles to In, tlon ThiS Innovatl\le approach 01 uSing land dry la..es or deliverlllQ the brine to Instead 01 dlsposlllg 01 lhe saline waters support energy development III 01 near IS one way 01 handlmg lhe neavv salt Ihe ba51ll or a combll1allon 01 both load 01 the Colorado RI\ler wnlch has Salll1e water could supply a slgnlllcanl been a prOblem III we Western Stales percentage ot the water needed lor and MeXICO lor years cooling coal-flfed powelplants and lor Keeping 5alrne waler !rOm entering slurry IlI1es ....hlch tran5port coal Tnt' salt water mlgnt also be used lor streams leedlng tne COloradO River 15 pOSSible The major prOblem IS dlspos- developing We5tern oil shale II1g 01 tne saline waters alter they nave Water and PO'her 15 begll1n1ng a study been collected Rapidly climbing costs ("Saline \\later Use and D,5Posal oj on site struCtural controls suCh as Opportunll't's-CRVVOIP') that has twO desalination ana evaporatron pone d15- thrusts One pnase oj the Study 'hould posal are casting a 5nadow on their use In\le5tlgale USing 5allnewater lor energy e~cePtln speCial Slluatlons Hlgnel development The second phase wOule energy costs phy5Icallimlta!10r'ls and studV' tne JeaSlbil,W of a pipeline collec- ne'h regulatlof'lS ,mpactlng upon pone tlon and disposal system jar salll1e watel disposal and deep ....ell InjectIOn are and otnel collec!ed ....astewalerS sucn prompting a 100" at otner alternatives as tt'le wa5te....ater used In pO'herplants and 011 "-hale mll1l11g ~ , Because olll'1e unusual nature of tne study the planning team II1cludes replesentatlves !rom the Environmental ProtectIOn Agenq' Department 01 Energy Eleclflc Po....er ResearCh In- stitute tne Ol!lce of INater ResearCh and Technology and the Colorado River Ba51n Salinity Control Advlsorv Council Public meetings and otl'1er lorms of public In\lol\lement aCllvltles are part 01 the studv lIthe study shows promise lollowup 51udles to examine proml51llg options lor envlronmenlal economiC and SOCial feaSibility plans may' t>e pursued