The Proposed Action, Colorado Springs Utilities preference for
the SDS project, has one of the lowest energy consumption totals
of the alternatives examined in the DEIS.
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It has an estimated total power usage through
2046 of 6,046 gigawatt-hours. |
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And an estimated energy consumption for 2046
of 683 megawatt hours per day. |
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By comparison, the daily power consumption of
the Downstream Intake Alternative in 2046 is more than double
that of the Proposed Action ? expending 1,419 megawatt hours
per day. |
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The Downstream Intake Alternative would use twice
as much electrical power as the Proposed Action to deliver the
same amount of water. |
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The reverse osmosis process needed for the Downstream
Intake Alternative would generate 270,000 additional tons of
CO2 emissions per year, and would create brine residuals in
the amount of about 7,500 cubic yards annually. |
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This corresponds to two truckloads per day which
would need to be shipped and disposed of at a permitted disposal
site. |
