Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: b4db5f60-e16c-422a-8800-a8e73e9dc81f
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: 4
Section ID: 4.2.2
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2.2-3 NUREG-1555 ` ESRP 10.1. Provide a list of the unavoidable water-use impacts that are predicted to occur during or as a result of project construction. ` ESRP 10.2. Provide a brief summary of the irreversible and irretrievable commitments of water resources that are predicted to occur during or as a result of project construction. ` Interface with Environmental Project Manager (EPM). Obtain input from the EPM to verify that proposed modifications to water use plans are practical and should lead to an improvement in the benefit- cost balance. 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 and information should be obtained: ` descriptions of the site and vicinity water bodies and aquifers (including sole-source aquifers) ` descriptions of hydrologic alterations and their related construction activities ` the physical effects of hydrologic alterations ` comparisons of water quantity available to other water users with existing and known future water rights and allocations ` identification of water bodies receiving construction effluents (e.g., sanitary wastes, cleaning wastes, dust control, fuels and lubricants, chemical, herbicides, pesticides) and the expected average and maximum flow rates and composition of these effluents ` baseline water-quality data for surface-water and groundwater sources used during construction and impacted by construction activities ` potential changes to surface-water and groundwater quality (e.g., heavy metal contamination) resulting from substrate exposure during construction ` identification and locations of groundwater and surface-water users and areas that could be impacted by project related construction activities affecting water use (from ESRP 2.3.2, the site visit, and the environmental report [ER]) ` predicted impacts on