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MR. ENG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE TEST WELL PROGRAM <br />IS STARTED AND ON SCHEDULE. <br />MR. TESSIER REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PERFORMING <br />TASKS 1 AND 2 OF THEIR PROPOSAL, WHICH INCLUDES AN INVENTORY OF <br />WELLS, PERMITS AND WATER USERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE TAXING DISTRICT <br />AND PREPARATION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND BID FORM FOR CONTRACT. <br />THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY COMPLETED THE INVENTORY WORK AND HAVE FOUND <br />THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW WELLS WITHIN THE TAXING DISTRICT FOR WHICH <br />THERE ARE RECORDS. THERE ARE NO KNOWN WELLS IN THE VICINITY OF THE <br />PROSPECTIVE WELLFIELD AREA WHICH COULD BE USED FOR THE OBSERVATION <br />WELL, THEY DID FIND THAT THERE ARE A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF WELLS <br />OUTSIDE THE TAXING DISTRICT AND SUSPECT THERE ARE WELLS IN THE <br />DISTRICT FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO RECORDS; THE ONLY WAY TO IDENTIFY <br />THESE WOULD BE A DOOR TO DOOR SEARCH. OUTSIDE THE TAXING DISTRICT <br />IN THE AGRICULTURAL AREA, THEY HAVE FOUND THERE IS AN AVERAGE OF <br />ONE FLOWING WELL FOR EVERY 23 ACRES OF PROPERTY OR 30 FLOWING WELLS <br />PER SQUARE MILE. MR. TESSIER STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE A CONSIDER- <br />ABLE NUMBER OF WELLS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY SOME EXTENT BY THE <br />DIVERSION, AND THAT WILL BE FURTHER DEFINED AT THE END OF THE <br />TESTING PROGRAM. HE CONTINUED THAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON SPECIFI- <br />CATIONS WHICH THEY WILL HAVE FOR THE COUNTY NEXT WEEK. HE NOTED <br />THEY ALSO HAVE TO SEND A COPY OF THE SPECIFICATIONS TO THE ST. JOHN'S <br />RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND A LETTER REQUESTING WAIVER OF <br />CERTAIN DISTRICT PROCEDURE SO THEY CAN PUT IN A PRODUCTION WELL AND <br />GET THE PROGRAM ROLLING AND THE CONTRACTOR ON LINE. <br />MR. TESSIER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE'CONTACTED <br />SOME OF THE MOST QUALIFIED WELL CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA, WHO HAVE <br />LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY SPECIFICATIONS AND GIVEN THEM <br />FREBI,I?UNG ESTIMATE PRICES. ON THE TYPE 2 WELL - THE PRODUCTION WELL <br />WITH. THE MONITORING TUBE, THE MEDIAN ESTIMATED COST WAS $02,500. <br />MR. TESSIER NEXT DISCUSSED THE VARIOUS CONFIGURATION OF WELLS SUG- <br />GESTED IN SCENARIO 2 AND SCENARIO 3, NOTING THAT SCENARIO 2 CALLS <br />77 ' <br />V• <br />APR 9 i0 <br />as . 4 PAGi 220 <br />L _ <br />