September 17, 2008--Oil shale water woes (Steamboat Pilot)
The nation’s hunger for more oil someday could swallow all of Colorado’s remaining undeveloped water under the Colorado River Compact of 1922. "Oil shale is the 800-pound gorilla," Birch said, adding that the power demand associated with shale — whether from coal or natural gas-fired power plants — represents an enormous demand for water.
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