Why not look at a number of small reservoir storage sites, instead of a small number of larger reservoir storage sites?
A. There are certain costs associated with storage reservoir construction no matter what the size of the structure. This includes costs to move crews and equipment to the site and site investigations. It is also as-sumed that the cost of material would be less per unit for the larger size storage reservoir. Real estate costs are assumed to be less for one site than for a number of smaller sites. Based on cost factors, it was deter-mined that one large storage reservoir would cost less than a number of small storage reservoirs. Environmental considerations also played a role in the decision to look at one large site. It was assumed that water quality (temperature) would be better in one large, deep storage reservoir than in smaller, shallower reservoirs.
