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<br />.... <br />-.J <br />C'l <br />~ <br /> <br />AQUATRAIN <br /> <br />Western Water Reserves. Inc.. a Boulder. <br />Colorado. COfpOratlQl1 wrttl e.-.:.penence In <br />forming venture partrlerY1lps and bUilding <br />interstate pipelines. has purctlased W R <br />Grace & Co's interest in AQualraln, Inc <br />AQuatram, Inc. is the pnvate sector <br />participant In AOUA TRAIN, the COC>pef31lve <br />effort betweerl government and pnvate <br />industry 10 develop a plpeline system lor <br />transporting Coloraoo River saline water, <br />coal, and other commodrtl8S <br />The Bureau 01 ReclamatIOn has been <br />asked to release Grace from a November <br />1962 Aqualtaln Planning agreement and 10 <br />conSldef approval of Western Water <br />Reserves as Its new- pnvate $ElCt0l" partner <br />Reclamation and Western Water Reserves <br />are now diSCUSSing the commitments the <br />company is willing to mak.e toward Pro;ect <br />planning. <br />Western Water Reserves. Inc., IS a <br />Colorado corporation backed by t'M> <br />individuals, Thomas p, CIar1l. of Boulder, <br />Colorado. and David Williams. Jr, of Tulsa. <br />OklahOma They are now seeking 10 broaden <br />industry partlClpatlQO In the AQUA TRAIN <br />Pf'OjOCt through venture capital parlnefshlPS <br />With other pnvate sector interests Through <br />partnerstllps and bonding. the pnvate sector <br />would finance construction of the pipeline <br />system and would rec;:elve relums on <br />investments on an eqUity basIS <br />Under the sale contract. Ira McKeever, <br />Presidef1t of Aquatraln, Inc_. will continue <br />WlththeprQJeCt. <br />The IntensIVe AQUA TRAIN planning effort <br />including the deVelopment 01 InnovatiVE! <br />technIQues fQ( the pipeline system, IS <br />continUing Currently, liquid cartJOn dioxIde <br />(CO2) appears to be the most promISing <br />medium to meet the cntlCS.l prqect obf8drve <br />01 competItIve coal transport In a pipeline <br />system, PilOt plant lests Indicate that a slurry <br />mIxture of 85 percent coal' 15 percent liQuid <br />CO" can be successfully transported Long <br />0.".""" <br />The preliminary Pro,ect plan calls lOf a 14- <br />mile demonstratlOl"l unit. fOlICwed 'Oy three <br />diStH"lct stages of N.e1rne constrvctlOl"l. The <br />demonstratoo unit to be constructed by <br />Industry, would iI"IClude a lest loop !Of the <br />slurry line and a ~Ing tower uSing saline <br /> <br />\1'''' <br /> <br />""""" <br /> <br /> <br />w""'"' <br /> <br />, <br />\, .""s-ly_u.... <br /> <br />. <br />~.... <br />~, <br /> <br />_..0."""...... <br />. <br />~~.. <br />s"...;,....... <br /> <br />.~....."_.u.., <br /> <br />-- '-. <br />..... .---k'~..~~, <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />D,..,O"-O.._....... <br /> <br />...___..~on;.u.., <br /> <br />CAlF <br /> <br />1".......0- <br />.,~__..._.......... J,- <br />--. -'~'-"'" <br />..'9"'_tJo",......""', <br />\ <br />_.;.lOom <br /> <br />..r.....s.w.,.~~ <br />a_l.OlIIlI--.....""c-.- <br /> <br />water, With consll'\JCtlOl"l pf"OjElCled fO/" <br />t9B4---85 FoIlOWlng the demoostration unit, <br />stages could be constructed based on <br />m~tmenlS and market demands The <br />coaVC01 slurry and the saline water eadl <br />would be transporled In separate but parallel <br />plpelmes <br /> <br />Waler Rights Flllng Withdrawn- <br />Glen-Oot <br /> <br />Al ItS Novemoer meetings In F'hQe,nIX. the <br />Colorado RIVer Basln Salinrty Control Forum <br />recommended that Reclamation oeler <br />constl'\JCtion or Implementation 01 the <br />Gienwood-Ootsero Springs Unit beCause <br />the most logICal d,gposal altematrve IS $tIll <br />e-.-aporalrve dISPOSal, and C05t"€tfectlV'@l'18SS <br />IS conSidefably higher ltlan other unItS being <br />considered al ttus time <br /> <br />.~~.._- <br />""-h._."'" <br /> <br />ro.n <br /> <br />....~_c.-."'"' <br /> <br />q. '~w. <br /> <br />""W <br />'H <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />The Forum aoo recx>mmended thaI <br />ReclamatIOn withdraw Its waler nghts <br />request for the unit Reclamation, m lum, <br />requested that lhe Department Of JustICe <br />withdraw the water nghts filing With the State <br />of ColoradO <br />A pl1)pOSed plannIng report Advance Oralt <br />Enwonmental Statement IS still scheduled <br />!Tom the lieId ()(l May t7, t984. and the report <br />and enVIronmental statement WIll be <br />completed <br />