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<br />o <br />0) <br />c.o <br />CJ1 <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />OF MAJOR <br />FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />Section l3(a) of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development <br /> <br />Act of 1974 states that the U.S. Water Resources Council (WRC) shall, at the <br /> <br />request of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), <br /> <br />undertake assessments of water resources requirements <br />and water'supply availability for any nonnuclear'energy <br />technology and any probabl~ combination of technologies <br />which are the subject of federal research and develop- <br />ment efforts authorized by this Act, and the commercial <br />development of which could have significant impacts on <br />water resources. <br /> <br />In 1977, the DOE made such a request of the WRC, whereupon three <br /> <br />regional section l3(a) assessments were begun. In 1979, several more <br /> <br />assessments were initiated. This document reports on the findings and <br /> <br />conclusions of the Upper Colorado River Region assessment. <br /> <br />The nonnuclear energy technologies to which this assessment is <br /> <br />addressed include oil shale and coal gasification development in the <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River Region. The study is not specifically concerned <br /> <br />with other energy conversion processes and their development, although <br /> <br />the assessment of water availability for the two specified emerging energy <br /> <br />technologies (EETs) is presented against a background of projected con- <br /> <br />ventional energy developments. <br /> <br />c <br />