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Show Tt ft II tt U relative to the timing, process, and resources necessary for development are not yet available. Water requirements for municipal and industrial use in the Uinta Basin have been projected by the State Department of Natural Resources to increase from 20,000 acre-feet annually .to about 130,000 acre-feet by 2020. This increase in requirement could be met in the following ways: (1) Utah's share of the Colorado River (on the basis of 5.8 million acre-feet available to the Upper Basin States) is 1,322,000 acre-feet. Present use, including net evaporation charge on the river is 818,000 acre-feet leaving 504,000 acre-feet for future uses. Current estimates of ' committed future use total 397,000 acre-feet, which leaves 107 000 acre-feet uncommitted and available for oil shale development. Estimates of committed future use were derived as follows: Bonneville Unit 160,000 acre-feet Emery County Project 6,000 Jensen Unit 15,000 Upalco Unit 10,000 Uinta Unit 30,000 Indian Lands 50,000 Kaiparowits Power Project 102,000 ,f Huntington Canyon Powerplant 24,000 " Total estimated future uses 397,000 acre-feet (2) Under terns of the October 2, 1969, contract with the developers of the Kaiparowits Project, priority to 102,000 acre-feet presently reserved for the project will be subordinated to Central Utah Project beginning m 2010. The total amount to be relinquished periodically in blocks, would be available by 2030. (3) As explained in the Oil Shale Environmental Statement, "Additional water can be made available if the States permit.the (oil shale) industry to purchase some of the water rights from those presently using water and if the use category - Is changed from some of the future commitments." " Augmentation of Colorado River Basin water supplies by importation from other basins, desalination, or weather modification would increase the water supply available for oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming. ' Municipal and industrial water supply envisioned by the project is an important part of the total MSI demand in that it. firms up additional local supplies by releases to meet peak requirements during the year and needs during drought periods that occur periodically It is estimated that the_99^000 acre-feet scheduled for M&l deliveries would be fully utilized before the turn of the century, probably by~T995. The various techniques of population " p ^ t i o ^ r ^ o m e w ^ ^ |
