[Ost-news] Water needs for potential oil shale industry could complicate thing (Colorado)

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Water needs for potential oil shale industry could complicate thing

BY DENNIS WEBB  
garfield county correspondent  
September 15, 2007

GRAND JUNCTION — America’s thirst for oil is threatening to add to the thirst for water in the West.

Meeting the nation’s energy needs also is threatening water quality in the region, speakers said Friday at a seminar in Grand Junction on energy development’s impacts on water. The seminar was organized by the Colorado River District, based in Glenwood Springs.

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