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RECORD NUMBER: 363 OF 375| Main Title | Water on the rocks : oil shale water rights in Colorado. | |||||||||||
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| Publisher | Western Resource Advocates, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2009 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 316870980 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Oil shale reserves--Colorado ; Water-supply--Colorado ; Water use--Colorado | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xiv, 77 pages : digital, PDF file, color illustrations, color maps | |||||||||||
| Notes | Cover title. Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 24, 2009). |
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| Contents Notes | In a groundbreaking study, Western Resource Advocates catalogued all the water rights that have been acquired by oil shale interests, or could be used by them, to develop oil shale on a commercial scale. The volume of both water and rights is staggering. Oil shale is problematic resource on a number of levels. Of particular concern to Colorado, home to the richest known deposits of oil shale, is the very large quantity of water that will be required in all phases of oil shale production. The climate of the Piceance Basin, where the shale resources are found, ranges from semi-arid to arid (desert). Water is a scarce commodity. The Piceance Basin is part of the larger Colorado River Basin, a watershed that one out of every twelve Americans depends on, at least in part, for their water supply. |