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<br />c..' <br />~ <br />tv <br />tv <br /> <br /> <br />I-----~ <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />~~\ <br />"r~' <br /> <br />~' <br /> <br />Figure 1. <br /> <br />Depth to saline water (more than 1000 mg/l dissolved solids) below land surface <br />(adapted from Feth et al. 1965). <br /> <br />given to the use of saline water for energy <br />development. <br /> <br />Figure 2 is a map of the study area <br />showing the location of underground water of <br />different qualities. The current study <br />provides additional refinement to the infor- <br />mation presented here, particularly in areas <br />that are near signific~nt energy resource <br />deposits", . <br /> <br />Scope and Obiectives of the Study <br /> <br />The research was divided into three <br />major categories, and personnel were assigned <br /> <br />to p,ursue them simultaneously. One involved <br />the collection and evaluation of physical <br />data on water supplies, energy resources, anq <br />projections for future water use. A second <br />involved the development of a computer model <br />for investigating alternatives for cooling a <br />coal-fired power plant with brackish or <br />saline water. The third research group <br />studied the interacting effects of coal and <br />saline water slurried together in a pipeline, <br />and the use implications of these effects. <br />Each of these three research areas will <br />be elaborated in the presentation that <br />follows. <br /> <br />2 <br />