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<br />~, <br />~ <br />-J <br />0) <br /> <br />Major Specific Findings <br /> <br />A. Water Requirements <br /> <br />. Synfuels development will increase the annual consumptive <br /> <br />water use in the Upper Colorado Region by about 150,000 acre-feet per <br /> <br />year for each million barrels (oil equivalent)" per day of production. <br /> <br />"I <br /> <br />B. Water Supply Availability <br /> <br />. The Region's total water resources, witn additional development <br /> <br />and improved management, will be able to support nearly 3 million barrels <br /> <br />or more of oil equivalent synfuels production per day. <br /> <br />. Syntnetic fuels development in some development areas will be <br /> <br />limited unless additional water supply measures (i.e., reservoirs, water <br /> <br />imports, groundwater) are developed. The White River area in Colorado <br /> <br />and Utah with large oil shale reserves is of particular concern. <br /> <br />. Provisions of the Upper Basin States Compact, whicn allocates <br /> <br />water supplies among the States, may ultimately constrain synfuels <br /> <br />development. Specifically, conversion of coal mined from the Four Corners <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br />area in New Mexico and both coal and oil snale conversion in Colorado, may <br /> <br />ultimately be limited by these constraints. <br /> <br />1-4 <br />