Comments about ‘Delay urged for water diversion’

Water is too scarce for us to support this project. We need the water more than we need the power.

"Blue Castle Holdings counters that Utah has 400,000 acre-feet each year of unused water in the Upper Colorado River Basin..."

Well then, that water should be sent downstream into the Colorado River Delta in Mexico...

Correction: Utah has RIGHTS to 400,000 acre-feet of water that it is currently not using. All of that water is already flowing downstream. None of it reaches the Colorado River Delta, because whatever isn't used by the Upper Basin states will be taken by the Lower Basin states (particularly California) and Mexico. If you want to restore the flow to the Delta, go talk to the left coast.

The water doesn't go 'away' it just gets used, then returned to the river.

Any development uses water. Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, and most reliable to generate electricity, which we all need. Alternatives: Coal, or buldoze millions of acres for unreliable solar and wind.

In all likelihood, this water won't ever be returned, it will be evaporated. If you look at the water applications, it says the water could be "100% depleted." That means it will likely all be evaporated, probably in cooling towers.

Utah now and in the future is unable to use this water. Your statement is not really about the water, but the production of electricity, and probably even more about the use of the water to cool a nuclear power plant.

The country is now suffering a recession caused by poor management of the financial sector. This is bad enough, but not nearly as bad as a recession caused by a shortage of electrical power would be. It is not possible to build enough "alternative" energy resources to cover our future needs, especially as we reduce our dependence on coal.

Water rights for water from the San Juan and Colorado Rivers would be transferred to the Green River, for use for the proposed reactor. Utah has 361,500 acre-feet of allocated water that is not being used; Utah already has approved 493,100 acre-feet of water that has not been put to use (including the 53,600 acre-feet leased for the reactor).

Nuclear reactors are very expensive. Blue Castle Holdings Inc. (BCH) plans to obtain an NRC Early Site Permit (good for up to 40 years) and a construction and operating license, but not actually construct and operate the reactor.

Protesters question the projects economic feasibility and whether BCH has the money to purchase the site in Emery County, pay for the water, and permit and complete the project. BCH's website claims that BCH owns the site a few miles west of Green River. That is NOT TRUE and can be verified by contacting Emery County or SITLA.

US Fish and Wildlife Service is very concerned about the impacts to endangered and threatened fish species in the Green River. Protests are being posted on the DWR website for Water Right 09-462.

Could,should, might, maybe, all good arguments.