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Industrial Water Use Upper Missouri River Basin

2015 MONTANA WATER SUPPLY INITIATIVE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER BASIN Industrial Water Uses Some Examples: • Mining • Energy (petroleum) production and refining • Power Generation – Hydropower • Construction • Non-agricultural food production • Paper products MINING AND ENERGY PRODUCTION Water rights required for all beneficial uses of water Indirect or collateral uses of water usually don’t require a water right Temporary leasing of water HYDROPOWER Black Eagle Dam at Great Falls Tiber Upper Missouri River Basin Turnbull Major Hydropower Projects Great Falls Holter Hauser Canyon Helena Ferry Toston Bozeman Madison Major Hydropower Facilities in the Upper Missouri River Basin Capacity Dam Stream (Megawatts) Owner or Operator Madison Madison River 9 PPL Montana Toston Missouri River 10 Montana DNRC Canyon Ferry Missouri River 50 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Hauser Missouri River 19 PPL Montana Holter Missouri River 48 PPL Montana Black Eagle Missouri River 21 PPL Montana Rainbow Missouri River 60 PPL Montana Cochrane Missouri River 64 PPL Montana Ryan Missouri River 60 PPL Montana Morony Missouri River 48 PPL Montana Tiber Marias River 7.5 Tiber-Montana LLC Total 396.5 New Hydropower Projects Recently Completed • Rainbow Dam Upgrade: 37 MW to 62 MW • Turnbull: Greenfield Irrigation District 13 MW Planned • Gibson Dam: 15 MW • Clark Canyon Dam: 4.7 MW The Generator Floor at Holter Dam, Missouri River near Helena helenahistory.org Water passes through the penstock and drives the turbine, which turns the generator and produces electrical power. The amount of power produced is proportional to the Head (height of the water above the turbine), and the discharge of water through the penstock. If water surface elevations in the river downstream of the dam become too high, power production will be reduced. Missouri River at Great Falls Normal Range of Flow 35,000 30,000 Highest Year in 20 25,000 Middle Year Lowest Year in 20 20,000 15,000 Claimed Flow Rate for Cochrane Dam 10,000 FlowCubic in Feet Per Second 5,000 0 1-Jan 1-Feb 1-Mar 1-Apr 1-May 1-Jun 1-Jul 1-Aug 1-Sep 1-Oct 1-Nov 1-Dec FOOD PROCESSING Questions? .

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