Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 5dfd9baa-1db9-4ea5-b908-aecd5e0be326
Document Type: esrp
Title: WATER-USE IMPACTS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.2.2
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UREG-1555 ` ESRPs 9.3 and 9.4. Provide a list of adverse environmental impacts affecting water use that could be mitigated or avoided through alternative project designs or operational procedures, and assist in determining appropriate alternatives. ` ESRP 10.1. Provide a list of the unavoidable adverse water-use impacts that are predicted to occur as a result of plant operation. ` ESRP 10.2. Provide a brief summary of the irreversible and irretrievable commitments of hydro- logical and water-use resources that are predicted to occur as a result of plant operation. Data and Information Needs The type of data and information needed will be affected by site- and station-specific factors, and the degree of detail should be modified according to the anticipated magnitude of the potential impacts. The following data or information should be obtained: ` descriptions of the site and vicinity water bodies and groundwater aquifers (from ESRP 2.3.1) ` descriptions of hydrologic alterations and their related operational activities (from ESRP 5.2.1) ` the physical effects of hydrologic alterations (from ESRP 5.2.1) ` a quantitative description of present and known future surface-water uses, including any station water uses not associated with the proposed project, that are within the hydrological system in which the plant is located and that may be adversely affected by the plant. The following should be included for each use (from the environmental report [ER] and ESRP 2.3.2): - identification of the water body - locations of diversions and returns with respect to the plant. Diversions located between the plant discharge and the region of complete dilution should be further characterized by location with respect to the water body. - average monthly withdrawal and consumption rate for each division by use category (e.g., domestic, municipal, agriculture). ` a quantitative description of present and known future groundwater withdrawals on the site and for distances great enough