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coast, Georgia-eastern Florida coast, central Florida gulf coast, 

 Mississippi-Alabama-west Florida coast, Oregon coast, and 

 Washington coast. 

 All of these industries have high growth potential and may be ex- 

 pected to intensify their activities in the future. 



Other high- water-use industries of importance to individual estua- 

 rine areas are : 



(1) Textiles: Massachusetts-Rhode Island coast, New York- 

 northeast New Jersey coast. North Carolina coast, and Missis- 

 sippi-Alabama-west Florida coast. 



(2) Primary metals: Connecticut coast, Maryland- Virginia 

 coast, and the Texas north and south gulf coasts. 



(3) Food and kindred products: Philadelphia-New Jersey- 

 Delaware coast. North Carolina coast, southern Florida gulf 

 coast, central Florida gulf coast, Louisiana coast, the California 

 coasts, and the Oregon and Washington coasts. 



TJiermcdr wastes 



Although heated effluents may come from a variety of sources, elec- 

 tric power generation is estimated to produce 81 percent of the total 

 heat discharged to the Nation's waters. Demand and production of 

 electric power in this country has doubled every 10 years during this 

 century, with most of the increase coming through use of thermal- 

 generating methods. Power requirements of electrical systems in 1980 

 will be three times what they were in 1963. 



TABLE iV.4.11.— ELECTRICAL GENERATING CAPACITY IN THE UNITED STATES; IN AREAS ASSOCIATED WITH 



THE ESTUARINE ZONE, 1959-80 



[In electrical megawatts] 



New England (PSA 1 and 2) 6,700 2,300 5,500 6,900 5.7 



New York (PSA 3 and 4)... 11,600 5,800 6,100 9,900 5.2 



New Jersey, Delaware, most of Pennsylvania and Maryland, 



District of Columbia (PSA 5 and 6) 12,800 6,000 11,200 15,900 6.3 



Most of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina (PSA 18 and 21)_ 8,400 5,300 7,900 13,000 7.0 



Most of Florida (PSA 24) 3,300 4,300 6,700 15,400 11.1 



Northwestern Florida, Georgia, most of Alabama and Missis- 

 sippi, Louisiana, western Arkansas (PSA 22, 23, and part of 



25,33, and35) 8,300 5,900 10,900 18,600 8.2 



Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico (PSA 36-39, and rest of 33 and 



35). 11,700 8,100 15,600 26,100 8.2 



Washington, rest of Idaho and Oregon (PSA 42-45) 9,300 4,500 9,300 13,300 6.7 



California (rest of PSA 46-48). 12,800 8,500 9,200 16,500 6.4 



Alaska 200 



Hawaii 500 200 200 2.8 



Puerto Rico 400 200 600 900 8.2 



Total for United States 158,000 75,000 139,000 207,000 6.3 



Source: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, "Forecast of Growth of Nuclear Power." 



As table IV.4.11 indicates, overall expansion of electric generating 

 capacity for the Nation will average about 6 percent annually during 

 the period 1959-1980. Areas of particularly rapid growth include 

 Florida, parts of the gulf coast, Texas, and Puerto Rico. 



