January 01, 1974
Arizona Water Resources
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74 vol.
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no. 1
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4 pp.
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Water Resources Research Center
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Tucson, AZ
The water requirements of coal conversion processes are a matter of increasing concern to geologists and water managers as the coal industry prepares to exploit coal reserves to meet national energy needs. A Geological Society of America symposium on the "Geologic Aspects of Coal Conversion" featured several papers estimating the amounts of water needed for processing.