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<br />'J.('C ,1 <br />..1;;:10 - <br /> <br />in thc erit.ical year of lQo+. In ycaTs of more than ample water supply, <br />when the mandatory and municipal and industrial water releases <br />,,'auld not re.o;:,l1lt in a. rese.l'yoil' clrnwclown to 67.0UI) acre-feet, some <br />::\dditionr.l winter re1eases wonld be l11flde in a, mni-mer to achieve uni- <br />form total outflow. Such winter releases might provide some down- <br />strenm benefits but no e,'ulllntion has been made. <br />The depleted reservoir inflow n.veragillg" 109,200 acre-feet anllually <br />would be incrcase,l to 125,700 acre-feet, 01' 15 percent, had t.he opera- <br />tion stndy covercd the longo-term period-1911 to 1Q57. However, the <br />results of the monthly analysis for the critical years lying wit.hin t.he <br />shorter August 102Q-,Tuly 1Q48 period of st.Ully wonld not ehange. <br />The entire water yield of Ruedi Reservoir of iO,OOO acre-feet would <br />be demanded in a ~yeal' such as 1034 to meet 2014 municipa.l und indus- <br />trial water reqllirements. Exhibit 6 graphically shows monthly Fry- <br />ingpan River depletions und inflo..-r to Ruedi Reservoir. Exhibit 7 <br />shows month},y reservoir outflow and reservoir content. <br /> <br />RUEDI DMI AND RESEn\'OTR, COLO. <br /> <br />3,5 <br /> <br />)IUKICIPAL ...\KD IXDUSTnIAL WATER <br /> <br />,(: <br /> <br />1 ntroduct-inn <br /> <br />Presently de,'eloped sources of municipal and industria.! 'Y:1ter for <br />western Colorado t.owns :md cOllunllnit.ies along the Colorado Uiver <br />ilre generally adequate to supply pre.sent needs. Any In.rge future in- <br />du:-:trilll expnllsioll or growth of population centers, however, will re- <br />quire nddi~iollal w~lter supplies pro,.ided prineipally by storage. <br />Prmluctmn of 011 and related byproducts from the vast. oil shale <br />deposits in the tHen is undoubtedly t.he lnr(rest potential indnstrial de- <br />velopment. thnt is likely to OCcur in the ~lear fut.ure. Some of the <br />largest and richest. oil shale deposits in tl1P. \'\orld are located along <br />the Colorado River near the towns of Rifle, Grand Valley, and De <br />Bcque. <br />Requirements for addit.ional municipal and indust.rial \'\at-er as esti- <br />mated in this report. are based on :L log-il'-al a.nd orderly development <br />of an oil shale industry. Even partial devclopment of the oil shale <br />potentialities would require significant quantit.Ies of water for indus- <br />trial pro('es~ing and for relnted service innust.ries find residential <br />areas. The .firm of Cameron & .Jonesl Illc'l engineers-consultants, was <br />ret.ained by the Stllte of Colorado to make n st.udy of water require- <br />ment.s of the potent.ial oil shale industry and related developments. <br />The study was summarized in it report dat-ed .July In!)!), a copy of <br />""hieh is appended to this report. This discussion summarizes data <br />presented 111 the Cameron & Jones report and other da ta obtained <br />from stl1l1ies prepared by agencies of the Stnte of Colorado. <br />The general urea. also contains n. wealth of other resources that <br />could materially eont.ribllte to the growt.h of population centers and <br />inel'ease demands for municipal and industrial water. These re~OHrces <br />include. minera.l deposits. timber resen'es, gas and petroleum reserves, <br />agricult.lIrlll potentialities~ and recreational possibilities. No attempt <br />is made ill this report. to evaluate the additionnl requirements for <br />municipal and indust.rial water t.h:tt could result from future devel- <br />opment. of industry based all t]lese resources. <br /> <br />Need and pa:ttm'n of oil shale devclojYiJJ.cnt <br />The demand .for oil in the United States and throughout t.he world <br />js !!enerally expected to increase for an indefinite period in t.he future. <br />Per,l"oleum production ill the United Stutes has inereased steadily but <br /> <br />, )~> <br />