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<br />,,,t'\' <br /> <br />inputs and inputs are employed in fixed propor- <br />tions. Also, water use, employment, and residuals <br />discharge are assumed to vary linearly with output. <br />The linearity inherent to input-output analysis is <br />not particularly troublesome in the absence of <br />relatively large expected or predicted changes in <br />the output of anyone sector. However, the <br />technology used by energy.related sectors undergo- <br />ing relatively large expansion may be expected to <br />be substantially different from that currently used. <br />Moreover, coal-resource development in the <br />Yampa River basin may result in new types of in- <br />dustry coming into the region. <br />The input-output model of the Yampa River <br />basin economy was designed to consider <br />technological differences between the existing and <br />potential new coal-mining. thermal-electric <br />powerplant, and unit-train operations, and to con- <br />sider the possibility that a coal-slurry pipeline <br />and/or coal-gasification plants might be operated <br />in the region. Three sectors were included in the <br />model to represent expansion of surface mining of <br />coal. underground mining of coal, and unit-train <br />operations. An additional three sectors were in- <br />cluded to represent (potential) thermal-electric <br />powerplants, coal-gasification plants, and a coal- <br />slurry pipeline. <br />Plant-process models (I. C. James II, E. D. At- <br />tanasi, T, Maddock III, S. H. Chiang, B. T. Bower. <br />and N. C. Matalas, written commun.. 1978) were <br />used to derive estimates of the direct production- <br />requirement coefficients for the new and expansion <br />sectors. These coefficients give the inputs directly <br />required by the new and expansion aectors, per dol- <br />lar of output. from all other sectors of the regional <br />economy. <br />To provide estimates of water withdrawal in the <br />Yampa River basin under several energy- <br />development alternatives, it waa necessary to <br />derive estimates of water withdrawal per dollar of <br />output for each sector of the economy. For most of <br />the existing sectors (32 and 45 in table 2), water- <br />withdrawal coefficients were derived by estimating <br />the total quantity of water withdrawn by each of <br />the sectors in 1975, and dividing this total by the <br />dollar value of the output of the corresponding sec- <br />tor during that year. Water-withdrawal coefficients <br />for the new and expansion sectors were primarily <br />derived using plant-process models (I. C. James II, <br />E. D. Attanasi, T. Maddock III. S. H, Chiang. B. <br />T. Bower, and N. C. Matalas, written commun., <br />1978; Hirsch, 1979). New electric powerplants were <br />assumed to use wet-cooling towers. Estimates of <br /> <br />water-withdrawal coefficients and of the quantity <br />of water withdrawn by each sector in 1975 are <br />presented in table 2. <br />Also presented in table 2 are the water- <br />withdrawal multipliers as estimated using the <br />input-output model. Whereas the water-with- <br />drawal coefficient for a sector is an estimate of the <br />direct water-withdrawal per dollar of output, the <br />water-withdrawal multiplier is an estimate of the <br />total (direct and indirect) water withdrawal by all <br />sectors of the regional economy per dollar of output <br />delivered to final demand (that is, ultimately con- <br />sumed in or exported from the basin) by the sector <br />in question. For example, if a new thermal-electric <br />powerplant (sector 35) is to generate one dollar's <br />worth of electricity for export from the basin, it will <br />directly require that about 99 gallons (375 L) of <br />water be withdrawn, But. it is estimated that due <br />to indirect effects (including increased mining of <br />coal to fuel the powerplant) the export of the dol- <br />lar's worth of electricity will directly and indirectly <br />result in the withdrawal of a total of about 118 gal- <br />lons (447 L) of water. <br />Though not presented here, estimates of the <br />water-consumption coefficients also were derived, <br />along with estimates of the water-consumption <br />multipliers and total water consumption in the <br />basin in 1975. These estimates are presented in <br />Hirsch. James. and Schefter (1978, table 5). <br />It is estimated that the livestock sector in 1975 <br />withdrew and consumed. by far. the most water <br />-primarily for the irrigation of pastures and <br />hayfields, But the existing electric-energy (27) and <br />surface coal-mining (6) sectors were estimated to <br />rank second and fourth, respectively. in the quan- <br />tity of water withdrawn in the basin in 1975 <br />(table 2). <br />Estimates were derived of the quantity of 13 <br />types of residuals discharged per dollar of output <br />by various sectors. For the energy-related sectors, <br />these residuals coefficients were derived primarily <br />using plant-process models (I. C. James II, E. D. <br />Attanasi, T. Maddock III. S. H. Chiang. B. T. <br />Bower, and N. C. Matalas, written commun., <br />1978). The residuals coefficients for the expanded <br />surface-mining sector were derived under the as- <br />sumption that the coal would be mined under a <br />moderate to high level of land reclamation to <br />reduce wind- and water-borne sediment (I. C. <br />James II, E. D. Attanasi, T. Maddock III, S. H. <br />Chiang, B. T. Bower, and N. C. Matalas. written <br />commun., 1978). For other sectors, the estimates of <br /> <br />15 <br />