Comments on: Oil shale water-rights battle brewing over Shell’s Yampa River claim http://coloradoindependent.com/21328/oil-shale-water-rights-battle-brewing-over-shells-yampa-river-claim News you can't get anywhere else Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:19:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: You Can’t Drink Oil (DailyKos) - LeakBird http://coloradoindependent.com/21328/oil-shale-water-rights-battle-brewing-over-shells-yampa-river-claim/comment-page-1#comment-22419 You Can’t Drink Oil (DailyKos) - LeakBird Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:32:43 +0000 http://coloradoindependent.com/?p=21328#comment-22419 [...] the way, in addition to that proposal to divert water from the Yampa to the Front Range, Shell has filed a claim on the river for enough water, 75 cubic feet per second, to build a 45,000-acre-foot  for oil shale [...] [...] the way, in addition to that proposal to divert water from the Yampa to the Front Range, Shell has filed a claim on the river for enough water, 75 cubic feet per second, to build a 45,000-acre-foot  for oil shale [...]

]]> By: Shell official confirms thirsty nature of oil shale, denies push to ‘corner water market’ – Royal Dutch Shell plc .com http://coloradoindependent.com/21328/oil-shale-water-rights-battle-brewing-over-shells-yampa-river-claim/comment-page-1#comment-22339 Shell official confirms thirsty nature of oil shale, denies push to ‘corner water market’ – Royal Dutch Shell plc .com Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:54:28 +0000 http://coloradoindependent.com/?p=21328#comment-22339 [...] ditches in both the Colorado and White River basins. Shell also has filed for a substantialwater right on the Yampa River and has been aggressively buying up land in far western Colorado near Grand [...] [...] ditches in both the Colorado and White River basins. Shell also has filed for a substantialwater right on the Yampa River and has been aggressively buying up land in far western Colorado near Grand [...]

]]> By: ExxonMobil and Shell have “cornered the market” on Western Slope water rights, study says – Royal Dutch Shell plc .com http://coloradoindependent.com/21328/oil-shale-water-rights-battle-brewing-over-shells-yampa-river-claim/comment-page-1#comment-22281 ExxonMobil and Shell have “cornered the market” on Western Slope water rights, study says – Royal Dutch Shell plc .com Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:31:17 +0000 http://coloradoindependent.com/?p=21328#comment-22281 [...] included in the WRA report is the bid by Shell to obtain extensive rights in the Yampa River basin, and other reports have concluded full-scale commercial oil shale [...] [...] included in the WRA report is the bid by Shell to obtain extensive rights in the Yampa River basin, and other reports have concluded full-scale commercial oil shale [...]

]]> By: Leslie Robinson http://coloradoindependent.com/21328/oil-shale-water-rights-battle-brewing-over-shells-yampa-river-claim/comment-page-1#comment-24486 Leslie Robinson Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:26:11 +0000 http://coloradoindependent.com/?p=21328#comment-24486 This is just the beginning of the water fight. The Department of Energy estimated that oil shale production could require 100 to 300 million of gallons of water a day. And unlike agriculture or residential use, most of that water could not be returned back to the streams because of the contamination. <br><br>Because Shell and other energy companies own senior water rights, any junior water users are SOL – and since many Northwest ranchers fall into that category, literally thousands of irrigated land could go barren.<br><br>Let's not forget the Colorado River Pact of 1922 where the state of Colorado has to guarantee flows to Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico. If oil shale companies make a call on their water rights, Colorado may have to make up the difference by shutting off other sources – like the spigot to the Front Range. This is just the beginning of the water fight. The Department of Energy estimated that oil shale production could require 100 to 300 million of gallons of water a day. And unlike agriculture or residential use, most of that water could not be returned back to the streams because of the contamination.

Because Shell and other energy companies own senior water rights, any junior water users are SOL – and since many Northwest ranchers fall into that category, literally thousands of irrigated land could go barren.

Let's not forget the Colorado River Pact of 1922 where the state of Colorado has to guarantee flows to Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico. If oil shale companies make a call on their water rights, Colorado may have to make up the difference by shutting off other sources – like the spigot to the Front Range.

]]> By: Leslie Robinson http://coloradoindependent.com/21328/oil-shale-water-rights-battle-brewing-over-shells-yampa-river-claim/comment-page-1#comment-21513 Leslie Robinson Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:26:11 +0000 http://coloradoindependent.com/?p=21328#comment-21513 This is just the beginning of the water fight. The Department of Energy estimated that oil shale production could require 100 to 300 million of gallons of water a day. And unlike agriculture or residential use, most of that water could not be returned back to the streams because of the contamination. <br><br>Because Shell and other energy companies own senior water rights, any junior water users are SOL – and since many Northwest ranchers fall into that category, literally thousands of irrigated land could go barren.<br><br>Let's not forget the Colorado River Pact of 1922 where the state of Colorado has to guarantee flows to Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico. If oil shale companies make a call on their water rights, Colorado may have to make up the difference by shutting off other sources – like the spigot to the Front Range. This is just the beginning of the water fight. The Department of Energy estimated that oil shale production could require 100 to 300 million of gallons of water a day. And unlike agriculture or residential use, most of that water could not be returned back to the streams because of the contamination.

Because Shell and other energy companies own senior water rights, any junior water users are SOL – and since many Northwest ranchers fall into that category, literally thousands of irrigated land could go barren.

Let's not forget the Colorado River Pact of 1922 where the state of Colorado has to guarantee flows to Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico. If oil shale companies make a call on their water rights, Colorado may have to make up the difference by shutting off other sources – like the spigot to the Front Range.

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