Environmental Report For A Space Heating Project For The City Of Boise Idaho

Author : CH2M HILL (Firm)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Environmental Report for a Space Heating Project for the City of Boise, Idaho written by CH2M HILL (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal action addressed by this environmental report is Department of Energy (DOE) cost-sharing support of a public geothermal development under PON EG-78-N-03-2047. This report was prepared to fulfill DOE's objectives under the Guidelines for Environmental Review contained in Title 10, Parts 711 and 790, Code of Federal Regulations, to evaluate the environmental impacts of the proposed action. The City of Boise, Idaho and the Boise Warm Springs Water District (BWSWD) propose to develop a large-scale space heating system using geothermal energy. The objective of the project is to demonstrate the technical, economic, and organizational feasibility of using low temperature geothermal fluid for a large-scale multi-jurisdictional space-heating system. The project would serve as a prototype to encourage the interest and cooperation of other jurisdictions in geothermal resource areas. The geothermal space heating system will be comprised of two separate and independent systems. BWSWD owns and operates its system and Boise City will own and operate its system, with both systems complementing each other when completed. The City system will serve predominately commercial customers, while the BWSWD system will serve primarily residential customers. The system planned for the City and the District are based on preliminary engineering studies. This is a practical plan based upon what appears to be feasible from an engineering as well as economic standpoint. It is intended to provide a foundation upon which future expansion of the systems is possible. DOE, the City of Boise, and the BWSWD have entered into a cost sharing program to fund a portion of the plan. For the City, this includes one geothermal production well located in the Military Reserve Park; one injection well; distribution pipelines to City buildings and the Downtown Mall area; and collection pipelines. The District project will include refurbishing the two existing wells; drilling one additional production well; and replacement of the present distribution lines. This report addresses the impacts potentially created from the space-heating project for both the City and the District. It would be remiss discussing impacts of only the portions of the larger plan which are funded; therefore, a larger scale project has been defined and addressed in this report.