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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users or water- use areas. (d) Consider seasonal requirements for water and temporal variations in water availability. (e) Consider the potential for impacts when the reviewer for ESRP 4.2.1 predicts an incompatibility between water availability as affected by project construction activity and existing and known future water rights and allocations. For these cases, analyze the potential for future inequalities in water availability to determine their probable nature and extent. (2) Analyze the construction activity and hydrologic alterations identified by the reviewer for ESRP 4.2.1 and compare them with present and predicted future water uses that could be affected: NUREG-1555 4.2.2-8 October 1999 (a) Analyze in further detail any alterations that can be shown to represent a potential for water-use impacts. (b) Consider both short-term impacts (e.g., from temporary channel diversions) that will occur only during the construction period, and long-term impacts (e.g., channel restriction by a breakwater) that will occur for the period of plant operation. (c) Identify individual water users or water-use areas and predict impacts to these users or areas. (d) Identify the proposed construction activities that will restrict non-consumptive water use or water access and identify the water users so affected, categorizing the impacts as either short- or long- term. (e) Give special consideration to hydrologic alterations that affect floodplains. When such alterations are predicted, consult with the reviewer for ESRP 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 to complete the analysis of any resulting impacts. (3) Analyze water quality by considering the construction activities and hydrologic alterations expected to result in altered water quality and the water users or water-use areas that could be impacted by the water-quality alterations: (a) Consult with the reviewer for ESRP 4.2.1 to identify the affected receiving water bodies and the hydrologic alterations (e.g., erosion, sedimentation) that