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Water assessment report, section 13(b)

Description: An assessment is presented of water requirements and water supply availability for a proposed Geothermal Binary Demonstration Electric Generation Project near Heber, California. The following topics are discussed: principal findings, project description, water supply and availability, and effects of the project. (MHR)
Date: September 1, 1980
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Impact of increased coal consumption in the Pacific Northwest

Description: The objectives of the National Coal Utilization Assessment are: Identification of the environmental, health and socioeconomic impacts to be expected from the increased use of coal; investigation of mitigation strategies that might be used to manage these impacts; and establishment of working relationships with state and regional agencies and utilities. A number of energy issues were identified in the course of the study. Probably the most significant issues in this region are the siting of coal… more
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Burnham, J.B. (comp.)
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Energy and water consumption of Pacific Northwest irrigation systems

Description: Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest is an energy-intensive process which represents a major part of the total energy used in farm level food production. Since 1950, several major developments have precipitated pronounced increases in irrigation energy requirements. For example, the invention of efficient high-lift pumps, labor-saving equipment, new uses for irrigation sprinklers, and profitable cropping patterns have substantially escalated irrigation energy consumption in the Pacific Northwest… more
Date: September 1, 1977
Creator: King, L. D.; Wensink, R. B.; Wolfe, J. W. & Shearer, M. N.
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Review of water resource potential for developing geothermal resource sites in the western United States

Description: Water resources at 28 known geothermal resource areas (KGRAs) in the western United States are reviewed. Primary emphasis is placed upon examination of the waer resources, both surface and ground, that exist in the vicinity of the KGRAs located in the southwestern states of California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and New Mexico. In most of these regions water has been in short supply for many years and consequently a discussion of competing demands is included to provide an appropriate perspective o… more
Date: July 1, 1980
Creator: Sonnichsen, J.C. Jr.
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Assessment of environmental health and safety issues associated with the commercialization of unconventional gas recovery: Tight Western Sands

Description: Results of a study to identify and evaluate potential public health and safety problems and the potential environmental impacts from recovery of natural gas from Tight Western Sands are reported. A brief discussion of economic and technical constraints to development of this resource is also presented to place the environmental and safety issues in perspective. A description of the resource base, recovery techniques, and possible environmental effects associated with tight gas sands is presente… more
Date: February 1, 1980
Creator: Riedel, E.F.; Cowan, C.E. & McLaughlin, T.J.
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Environmental site description for a Uranium Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation (U-AVLIS) production plant at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site

Description: Uranium enrichment in the United States has utilized a diffusion process to preferentially enrich the U-235 isotope in the uranium product. In the 1970s, the US Department of Energy (DOE) began investigating more efficient and cost-effective enrichment technologies. In January 1990, the Secretary of Energy approved a plan for the demonstration and deployment of the Uranium Atomic Vapor Laser isotope Separation (U-AVLIS) technology with the near-term goal to provide the necessary information to … more
Date: September 1, 1991
Creator: Marmer, G. J.; Dunn, C. P.; Filley, T. H.; Moeller, K. L.; Pfingston, J. M.; Policastro, A. J. et al.
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Potential effects of geothermal energy conversion on Imperial Valley ecosystems. [Seven workshop presentations]

Description: This workshop on potential effcts of geothermal energy conversion on the ecology of Imperial Valley brought together personnel of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and many collaborators under the sponsorship of the ERDA Imperial Valley Environmental Project (IVEP). The LLL Integrated Assessment Team identified the electric power potential and its associated effluents, discharges, subsidence, water requirements, land use, and noise. The Working Groups addressed the ecological problems. Water resour… more
Date: December 17, 1976
Creator: Shinn, J.H. (ed.)
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Hydrogeologic impact analysis of new water uses in Section 7, T. 10 N. , R. 28 EWM. , of the Hanford Reservation

Description: An evaluation was made of the hydrologic impact upon the Hanford ground water regime of removing 1.7 million gallons per day, MGD (6.4 million liters per day, MLD) from the unconfined aquifer in the north half of Section 7, T. 10 N., R. 28 EWM., and recharging to the aquifer within the same area 1.0 MGD (3.8 MLD). The hydrogeology of the specific area was characterized by examining data obtained from nearby wells. A preliminary well yield analysis was performed which verified that one well coul… more
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Arnett, R.C. & Deju, R.A.
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Groundwater: alternatives and solutions. [For energy development]

Description: Reasons for concern about water availability for the development of energy resources, especially in the Western USA, are reviewed. The use of ground water as a supplemental source, and eventually a major source of water for energy use is discussed. Examples of present use in the mining industry are given. Feasibility studies on the use of saline waters are discussed. The possibility of using water from deep aquifers fo energy source development is also considered. (JGB)
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Roach, F.
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Regional issue identification and assessment: study methodology. First annual report

Description: The overall assessment methodologies and models utilized for the first project under the Regional Issue Identification and Assessment (RIIA) program are described. Detailed descriptions are given of the methodologies used by lead laboratories for the quantification of the impacts of an energy scenario on one or more media (e.g., air, water, land, human and ecology), and by all laboratories to assess the regional impacts on all media. The research and assessments reflected in this document were … more
Date: January 1, 1980
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Drought and energy resource development in New Mexico

Description: This paper reviews the current relationship between water resources and energy development in New Mexico, with special emphasis on the San Juan and western Rio Grande basins. It examines the various ways in which the water used in energy extraction and processing may be acquired by the energy developer. Both supply-side and demand-side options are explored, and the conclusion is drawn that the source of water most attractive to the developer will be that which may be bought in the water market.… more
Date: January 1, 1977
Creator: Morris, G.
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Changing Western water institutions: energy's role

Description: This paper describes the institutional mechanisms through which physical availability of water, historical pattern of water use, and unresolved water issues combine to constrain and channel the energy industry's use of water. These institutional mechanisms include the developing markets for water rights, the legal and administrative structure governing water allocation, the formation of social attitudes about water, and the political process that often implements concensus. Within this context,… more
Date: January 1, 1982
Creator: Brown, F.L. & Roach, F.
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Role of water in energy development

Description: One consequence of the recently increasing emphasis on energy development is public concern about the adequacy of ancillary natural resources, particularly water. This concern accompanies other water-related issues such as droughts, decling water tables, and increasing urbanization. But as the relatively new user on the water scene, energy attracts a major share of public attention. The physical availabiltiy of water and the role of economics in water demand by energy are reviewed. Also describ… more
Date: January 1, 1982
Creator: Abbey, D.; Roach, F. & Brown, L.
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Water and land availability for energy farming. Final report

Description: The physical and economic availability of land and water resources for energy farming were determined. Ten water subbasins possessing favorable land and water availabilities were ranked according to their overall potential for biomass production. The study results clearly identify the Southeast as a favorable area for biomass farming. The Northwest and North-Central United States should also be considered on the basis of their highly favorable environmental characteristics. Both high and low es… more
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Schooley, F.A.; Mara, S.J.; Mendel, D.A.; Meagher, P.C. & So, E.C.
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Methodology for the comparative assessment of the Satellite Power System (SPS) and alternative technologies

Description: A description of the initial methodology for the Comparative Assessment of the Satellite Power System Concept Development and Evaluation Program of NASA and DOE is presented. Included are study objectives, issue identification, units of measurement, methods, and data bases. The energy systems concerned are the satellite power system, several coal technologies, geothermal energy, fission, fusion, terrestrial solar systems, and ocean thermal energy conversion. Guidelines are suggested for the cha… more
Date: January 1, 1980
Creator: Wolsko, T.; Buehring, W.; Cirillo, R.; Gasper, J.; Habegger, L.; Hub, K. et al.
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Biological services program, fiscal year 1976

Description: Continuing activities are reported on studies seeking to solve ecological problems associated with energy development, other types of land and water developments, and activities of a supporting nature. Specific projects include: coal; power plants; ecological systems and inventory; information transfer; coastal ecosystems and outer Continental Shelf development; and geothermal, oil shale and minerals. (PCS)
Date: September 1, 1977
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Environmental assessment for geothermal loan guarantee: South Brawley geothermal exploration project

Description: The foregoing analysis indicates that the proposed geothermal field experiment could result in several adverse environmental effects. Such effects would lie primarily in the areas of air quality, noise, aesthetics, land use, and water consumption. However, for the most part, mitigating measures have been, or easily could be, included in project plans to reduce these adverse effects to insignificant levels. Those aspects of the project which are not completely amenable to mitigation by any reaso… more
Date: November 1, 1979
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Prototype environmental assessment of the impacts of siting and constructing a Satellite Power System (SPS) Ground Receiving Station (GRS)

Description: This report is a prototype assessment of the environmental and societal impacts of a Satellite Power System (SPS) Ground Receiving Station (GRS). (The term GRS here refers to the overall facility that includes the rectenna, which actually receives and rectifies the microwave energy, as well as support facilities, access roads, a buffer zone, etc. in addition to the rectenna itself.) The study objectives are: (1) to develop a comprehensive prototype assessment of the non-microwave-related impact… more
Date: August 1, 1980
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E AREA LOW LEVEL WASTE FACILITY DOE 435.1 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

Description: This Performance Assessment for the Savannah River Site E-Area Low-Level Waste Facility was prepared to meet requirements of Chapter IV of the Department of Energy Order 435.1-1. The Order specifies that a Performance Assessment should provide reasonable assurance that a low-level waste disposal facility will comply with the performance objectives of the Order. The Order also requires assessments of impacts to water resources and to hypothetical inadvertent intruders for purposes of establishin… more
Date: March 31, 2008
Creator: Wilhite, E
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Understanding the Interplay of Increased Pressure, Residual Heat and Geologic and Geochemical Environment on Radionuclide Migration From Underground Nuclear Tests

Description: Understanding the processes that govern migration of radionuclides from underground nuclear tests is a problem of interest in many places in the world. Whether to gain understanding in the risks to human health, to guide water resources management decisions or as a surrogate for nuclear repository safety, there are a number of complex, coupled processes governing fate and form of radionuclides in the subsurface that need to be understood. These processes include the increased pore water pressur… more
Date: January 14, 2008
Creator: Maxwell, R. M.; Detwiler, R. L.; Hu, Q. & Tompson, A. B.
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Feasibility Assessment of Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants

Description: Water energy resource sites identified in the resource assessment study reported in Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources, DOE/ID-11111, April 2004 were evaluated to identify which could feasibly be developed using a set of feasibility criteria. The gross power potential of the sites estimated in the previous study was refined to determine the realistic hydropower potential of the sites using a set of development criteria assuming they are dev… more
Date: January 1, 2006
Creator: Hall, Douglas G.
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Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC Sampling and Analysis Plan for the Water Resources Restoration Program for Fiscal Year 2009, Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Description: The Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) Water Resources Restoration Program (WRRP) was established by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 1996 to implement a consistent approach to long-term environmental monitoring across the ORR. The WRRP has four principal objectives: (1) to provide the data and technical analysis necessary to assess the performance of completed Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) actions on the ORR; (2) to perform monitoring to… more
Date: September 25, 2008
Creator: R.H., Ketelle
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