10/18/1978 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

MR. TESSIER WENT ON TO DISCUSS LAYERS AND TYPES OF MATERIAL ENCOUNTERED IN DRILLING THE WELLS, CHAIRMAN WODTKE REVIEWED MR. TESSIER'S STATEMENTS AND NOTED THAT BASICALLY IT APPEARS THAT WITH SIX WELLS THERE IS A CAPACITY OF A MINIMUM OF 3 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY WITH A POTENTIAL MILLION AND A HALF ADDITIONAL IF THREE WELLS ARE ADDED TO THE NORTH. ALSO AFTER FURTHER STUDIES TO MONITOR THE AFFECT ON DRAWDOWN, THE RECHARGE ABILITY OF THE AREA, BASED UPON AN AVERAGE OF 12" OF RAINFALL A YEAR, (WHICH IS A CONSERVATIVE FIGURE) WOULD BE 4 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY AND BASED ON 18" OF RAINFALL ANNUALLY, IT WOULD BE SIX MILLION. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF MR. TESSIER FELT THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR WATER EAST OF LATERAL G, AND MR. TESSIER DID, BUT NOTED THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE RIVER, THE GREATER THE POSSIBILITY OF SALT WATER INTRUSION. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF MR. TESSIER HAD ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT A DRAWDOWN OF 3 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY WOULD HAVE AN AFFECT ON ANY WELLS IN THE AREA. MR. TESSIER FELT THERE WOULD BE SOME AFFECT EXTENDING BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE PARK, MAINLY DEPENDENT ON THE WELL CONSTRUCTION, PUMP INSTALLATION AND PROXIMITY TO THE WELLFIELD. THE CHAIRMAN NEXT ASKED IF THE 3 MILLION FIGURE IS CLOSE TO THE MAXIMUM OR A RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE FIGURE BECAUSE OF CONCERN ABOUT DRAWDOWN IN THE AREA. MR. TESSIER STATED THAT THEY MUST TAKE THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT 3 MILLION IS MUCH CLOSER TO THE MINIMUM THAN THE MAXIMUM. ATTORNEY COLLINS QUESTIONED IF THEY FELT THEY WOULD BE LIABLE TO FIND THE SAME TYPE RESULTS ALL THE WAY DOWN THE RIDGE - TO GIFFORD POSSIBLY? MR. TESSIER STATED IT WAS PROBABLE THEY WOULD FIND SOMETHING SIMILAR, THOUGH WELL DEPTH WOULD VARY SOME AND YIELD ALSO, BUT NOT TO A GREAT EXTENT. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER. 5 MR. TESSIER STATED THAT THE TECHNICAL LAB RAN A COMPLETE ANALYSIS ON THE TEST WELL SAMPLES, WHICH INDICATES THAT THE WATER IS 86 OCT 18 1978 A