Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
| DOI | 10.2172/1113669 |
| 报告编号 | None |
| 来源ID | OSTI_ID: 1113669 |
| Policy Analysis of Water Availability and Use Issues for Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Development | |
| Ruple, John [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)]; Keiter, Robert [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)] | |
| 英文摘要 | Oil shale and oil sands resources located within the intermountain west represent a vast, and as of yet, commercially untapped source of energy. Development will require water, and demand for scarce water resources stands at the front of a long list of barriers to commercialization. Water requirements and the consequences of commercial development will depend on the number, size, and location of facilities, as well as the technologies employed to develop these unconventional fuels. While the details remain unclear, the implication is not 鈥?unconventional fuel development will increase demand for water in an arid region where demand for water often exceeds supply. Water demands in excess of supplies have long been the norm in the west, and for more than a century water has been apportioned on a first-come, first-served basis. Unconventional fuel developers who have not already secured water rights stand at the back of a long line and will need to obtain water from willing water purveyors. However, uncertainty regarding the nature and extent of some senior water claims combine with indeterminate interstate river management to cast a cloud over water resource allocation and management. Quantitative and qualitative water requirements associated with Endangered Species protection also stand as barriers to significant water development, and complex water quality regulations will apply to unconventional fuel development. Legal and political decisions can give shape to an indeterminate landscape. Settlement of Northern Ute reserved rights claims would help clarify the worth of existing water rights and viability of alternative sources of supply. Interstate apportionment of the White River would go a long way towards resolving water availability in downstream Utah. And energy policy clarification will help determine the role oil shale and oil sands will play in our nation鈥檚 future. |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 报告类型 | Technical Report |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 来源学科分类 | 04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS |
| URL | http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/1113669 |
| 资源类型 | 科技报告 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/269978 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ruple, John [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT ,Keiter, Robert [Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT . Policy Analysis of Water Availability and Use Issues for Domestic Oil Shale and Oil Sands Development,2010. |
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