WSP12399

• File Number: 8271.200
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - Development and History - UCRB 13a Assessment
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1979
• Title: Upper Colorado River Region Section 13a Assessment - Report to the US Water Resources Council - January 1979 - draft
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

The objective of this Upper Colorado River Region 13(a) assessment,
as paraphrased from the statutory language, is to assess:

1. The water requirements of potential coal gasification and oil
shale technologies,

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2, The availability of water for development of potential coal
gasification and oil shale technologies.

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3. The effect of these potential developments on the hydrology
of the Upper Basin.

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4. The effect of these potential developments on the water quality
of the Upper Basin,

5, The estimated monetary cost of providing water supplies for
these potential developments.

6, The estimated monetary cost of managing the wastewaters which
might be generated by these potential developments.

7. The social, economic, and environmental impacts which would
result from the development of the necessary water supplies
(including impacts resulting from reductions in the amount
of water available to other water uses, both consumptive and
nonconsumptive),

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CONDUCT OF THE ASSESS~ffiNT

The Executive Director's Office, Colorado Department of Natural
Resources (DNR), served as the Study Manager for the Upper Colorado
River Region 13(a) assessment. In this capacity, the DNR was responsible
for day-to-day management of the assessment, to include coordination
with all interested State and Federal agencies. In order to assist the
DNR in perfecting necessary coordination, a Steering Committee, comprised
of representatives of the Upper Basin states (Arizona, Colorado, New
'}lexico, Utah, and Wyoming) and representatives of the Federal agency
members of the WRC,l was formed. Several meetings of the Steering Com-
mittee were held during the course of the study. The Steering Committee
was instrumental in advising on the conduct of the assessment and in
revie1o'ing and COllJIllenting on the progress and results of the assessment,

Funding for this effort was provided pursuant to the Memorandum
of Agreement (MOA) between the DNR and the WRC, With these funds, the

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1, The Federal agencies represented on the Steering Committee included
the U.S. departments of Agriculture, Army, Commerce, Energy, Housing and
Urban Development, Interior, and Transportation, and the U.S, Environ-
mental Protection Agency.

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