Peabody Coal Black Mesa Mine Water Supply Appraisal Study

摘要

This appraisal engineering study describes the Bureau of Rec1amation's analysis of a Colorado River mainstem diversion and conveyance of the water to Kaibito, Arizona. The water would serve the Peabody Western Coal Company's Black Mesa Mine. This study concentrates on a mainstem Colorado River diversion within the lower Colorado River Basin below Lees Ferry and evaluates two alternatives: diversion of 5,700 acrefeet (AF) and diversion of 11,400 AF annually. This report describes and evaluates the diversion works, storage facilities, pipeline requirements, power requirements, appraisal cost estimates, hydraulic parameters, and potential environmental impacts.