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firm, lift 1 million acft per rear, 18 ft diameter pressure pipe, require 1600 megawatts of <br />new energy generation, the tristate power coop-more than they have of existing energy <br />generating: go to coal power plants... build these plants along pipeline..guarantee, nuclear <br />plants, 1200 miles of right-of-way that could be covered with solar PVs and windmills, <br />recognize the problem but put money- in, eminent domain..200,000 for right of way <br />acquisition... 6000 per ac/200 ft wide <br />Estimated cost: 22.5 billion for permitting, right of way, engineering, and construction <br />based on CO River Return Reconnaissance Study costs, adjusted to 2008 dollars. <br />--Debt service: 30 years, 5% equals 1460/acft per year <br />--operating cost: including power and administration: 1450/acft/year <br />Total cost: 2910 / acft/rear <br />22,00/acft <br />Funding: No federal money required, 22 ft diameter pressure pipe, (why: 20 years to get <br />a federal project going), no time <br />Central Plains Compact states pay on as use basis <br />--Unused water of Mississippi water: Advantages: Administered by Corps under Riparian <br />rights (east of meridian) Riparian: take water as long as you can demonstrate no harm, <br />they Nvon't know... they can't measure it: water owned by US, water provide to multiple <br />states for ag, muni, industrial, environmental use <br />--no new engineering or construction technology required for project; although biggest <br />pumps.-Up to 10000 horsepower, capable of lifting this amount of kvater. <br />--increased flows in South Platte and AK rivers initially, also possible advantages to OK <br />and AK, <br />--Second phase lateral and pump stations to San Luis Valley.. Increase flows in Rio <br />Grande, NMex.. <br />Challenges: Huge political sales job, entire SW US must abandon century old habits and <br />attitudes when dealing with water, look at regional solutions; <br />--permitting will be onerous, <br />--resistance can be expected form the environmental community although there are <br />multiple environmental advantages: <br />Conclusions: <br />Mississippi... huge source of unused water, <br />--pipeline, canal and pump stations can be constructed to benefit of multiple states <br />--project can be built without federal money <br />Next Steps: <br />--Conduct reconnaissance level study by a recognized engineering firm to confirm <br />concepts and number presented <br />--propose study by State Water Supply Reserve 179-consider supporting proposal in <br />conjunction with Metro and Gunnison Rdtables: multiple Rdtable basin support <br />--CWCB has control of money: must show that multiple basin rdtable support, <br />--Estimated cost of $500,000 of study <br />Topics: physical and legal availability of water, permitting, demand for'kvater: water <br />quality including sedimentation, chemical and biological issues, <br />--alignments and right of way, conveyance types and sizes: in comparison with CAP: <br />delivers 2million acft per yr, lose 3 percent to evap in open canals... cost 4 billion 10