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<br />Alternative <br /> <br />Replace- <br />ment <br />Quantity <br />Available <br />Cl,OOO <br />,~c;~-::,f:t;.l <br /> <br />Time <br />Period <br />(y~.t;lr"~} <br /> <br />Unit <br />Water <br />Cost <br />($/acre- <br />foot) <br /> <br />Yuma Mesa Division <br />Entitlement Exchange <br /> <br />23-40 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />4-34 <br /> <br />Table 1 <br />SlMIARY COMPARISON OF <br />REJECT STREAM REPLACEMENT ALTERNATIVES <br /> <br />Technical <br />Considerations <br /> <br />Suppl~mental replacement <br />source required <br /> <br />All-American Canal <br />Relocation 51 20 106 No unusual problems <br />All-American Canal No unusual problems <br />Well Field 46 50 41 <br />Butler Valley Well 46 44 75 No unusual problems <br />Field <br />" <br /> Technical uncertainties <br />High Recovery at the associated with expanding <br />Yuma Desalting Plant 24 50 317 the state-of-the-art; sup- <br /> plemental replacement <br /> source requi red <br /> Technical difficulties <br />Alamo River Desalting associated with large-scale <br />Facility 46 50 435 desalting at 90% recovery <br /> <br />San Onofre Desalting <br />Faci 1 ity <br /> <br />46 <br /> <br />50 <br /> <br />1.010 <br /> <br />Protective and <br />Regulatory Pumping <br />tlnlt <br /> <br />46 <br /> <br />5-10 174-104 <br /> <br /> <br />Technical uncertainties <br />associated with large scale <br />desalting <br /> <br />/" <br />/ <br /> <br />Water becomes too poor in <br />quality in short time <br />period; water ';5 available <br />only. unU.l it. is r-equi'red <br />to JBeet Minute 242 <br />obligations <br /> <br /> <br />Institutional <br />,Considerations <br /> <br />Envirof1!Dental <br />Considerations <br /> <br />Majo_r di fferenc.es atIOng Az. <br />Water Commission. Yuma Mesa <br />Division. and Water and Power There are no identified <br />Resources Service; water environmental problems <br />available for limited time or benefits to this <br />period only alternative <br /> <br />Water available for a <br />limited time periOd <br />only <br /> <br />Opposed by California and <br />Imperial Irrigation District <br /> <br />Opposed by Arizona <br /> <br />Favored by Colorado River <br />Basin States <br /> <br />Opposed by local entities <br /> <br />End~ngered plant species <br />in sand dunes area. Wet- <br />lands and desert wash <br />areas will be impacted. <br />May be significant arche- <br />ological site in area. <br /> <br />Loss of 275 acres of creo- <br />sote bush habitat with cor- <br />responding wildlife loss <br /> <br />May be alteration to wash <br />habitat. ~ interfere <br />wI bighorn sheep migration <br /> <br />Reduction in Santa Clara <br />Slough. Mexico. wetland <br />haM tat. <br /> <br />loss of 1,000 acres of <br />creosote bush-habitat with <br />corresponding wildlife <br />loss <br /> <br />Dual purpose nuclear power/ <br />desalting plant not presently Unknown adverse or <br />possible due ~o State law; beneficial impacts from <br />ocean water dtlsalting favor- thermal q:ischarge <br />ed by Basin States <br /> <br />No apparent institutional <br />~1.... <br /> <br /> <br />Loss,of 137 acres of <br />creosote bush community <br />-wi'th, corl'espond1-ng wi let- <br />life 106S <br /> <br /> <br />6?f'2 <br /> <br />Energy Requirements <br /> <br />Million <br />kWh <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />13,1 <br /> <br />37,5 <br /> <br />5,74 <br /> <br />176,0 <br /> <br />1.057.2 <br /> <br />7,98 <br /> <br />Equivalent <br />Barrels of <br />oil <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />22,000 <br /> <br />62.500 <br /> <br />9.600 <br /> <br />293,000 <br /> <br />1.762.000 <br /> <br />13,300 <br /> <br />