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<br />t- <br />"'I:l" <br />r- <br />- <br />c <br />( <br /> <br />'.'.... <br /> <br />Following a plan selection process, two <br />alternatives were selected for presentation. The <br />alternatives included collecting saline water, <br />conveying it by pipeline to near the Colorado-Utah <br />State line. and storing and evaporating the water <br />In ponds. One alternative would collect water from <br />only the C::lenwood Springs area, and the other from <br />both the Glenwood Springs and Dotsero areas. No <br />effective nonstructural plan was found. <br /> <br />A planning report concluding the study was <br />completed In February 1986. The study was <br />concluded because the cost effectiveness of the two <br />alternatives was higher than other salInIty control <br />options within the Colorado River Basin. Also. <br />under Colorado water law, evaporation of brine as a <br />salinity control method Is not a beneficial use of <br />water. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Subsequently. the potential use of saline water <br />from the Glenwood Springs-Dotsero areas for <br />commercial and industrial applications was <br />examined. As an alternative to federally developed <br />projects in the Glenwood Springs vicinity, the <br />Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has evaluated <br />proposals for privately developed desalination <br />facilities as part of a cogeneration project. On <br />October 23, 1989, a cooperative agreement was <br /> <br />.:c <br /> <br />Clenwood-TIotsero Sprln~s Unit <br />January 1990 <br />Page 2 of 2 <br /> <br />signed by Reclamation and the partnership of Oasis <br />Energy Company and Crystal Energy Company (the <br />Sponsors) that could lead to the development of a <br />privately financed, owned, and operated <br />desalination/cogeneratIon facility at Glenwood <br />Springs. Reclamation is preparing an <br />Environmental Assessment on the proposed facility. <br /> <br />The proposed project, consisting of a cogeneration <br />facility fueled by natural gas, a saline spring <br />collection system, brine desalination plant, and a <br />salt disposal facility, would be constructed <br />adjacent to 1-70 at Devereux Road. The facility <br />would collect and remove up to 70,000 tons of salt <br />per year from the surface saline springs in the <br />Clenwood Springs area which are contributing <br />approximately 174,000 tons of salt annually to the <br />Colorado River. <br /> <br />The project's cogeneration facility would produce <br />and sell about 25 MW of power to the Public Service <br />Company of Colorado under an exlstin~ power <br />purchase contract. Saline spring water would be <br />collected from springs along the Colorado River. <br />Waste heat from power generation would drive a <br />closed evaporative desalination system to remove <br />the saltw The removed salt would be marketed by <br />the Sponsors. The distilled water produced by <br />desalination would be returned to the Colorado <br />River or sold to local users. The Sponsors have <br />select(>d the name "Clenwood Springs Salt Company" <br />for the project. <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />P. O. Rax 6031,0 <br />Crand Junction, CO Rl506 <br /> <br />24A-0636 <br />