Saline Water Use and Disposal Opportunities: Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program

摘要

This Special Report presents innovative alternative plans for collecting, treating and transporting saline water for energy development use or disposal in the Colorado River Basin. The concepts developed are considered alternatives to conventional structural salinity control methods which involve lined evaporation ponds and desalination plants. The report addresses the potential cost savings for the most promising alternatives of local saline water use by powerplants and by coal slurry pipeline.