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VIn <br />188_ <br />MR. TESSIER WENT INTO A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF HOW THEY: <br />CONDUCTED THEIR TESTING AND HOW THEY DETERMINED THE PRODUCTION ZONE <br />THEY WANT TO TAP. MR. TESSIER THEN DESCRIBED_ THE CONSTRUCTION OF <br />A TEST -PRODUCTION WELL AND AN OBSERVATION -PRODUCTION WELL TO DIFFERENT <br />DEPTHS TO ESSENTIALLY CAP THE PRODUCTION ZONE, AND THE SUBSEQUENT <br />PUMPING TESTS WHICH GOT RATES UP TO ABOVE 1800 GPM, CONSIDERABLY <br />r <br />ABOVE WHAT WAS PREDICTED IN THEIR ANALYSIS. HE CONTINUED THAT SINCE <br />HE HAD WRITTEN THE STATUS REPORT, HE HAD RECEIVED REPORTS OF WATER <br />QUALITY ANALYSIS, AND IT LOOKS A BIT BETTER THAN PREDICTED AND IS <br />SOMETHING WE CAN WORK WITH. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK INQUIRED IF THE LONG RANGE IMPACT OF <br />THE INCREASED PRODUCTION WOULD RESULT IN NEEDING LESS WELLS. <br />MR. TESSIER STATED THAT THESE WERE DESIGNED AS 12" DIAMETER <br />AND THE LONG RANGE CAPACITY WILL BE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PUMP. <br />THEY ANTICIPATED ONE AT LEAST FOR 1200 GPM, AND THIS WOULD SUGGEST <br />THAT YOU COULD GO TO A LARGER DIAMETER WELL AND PUMP MORE WATER AND <br />HAVE LESS WELLS. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING TIMING OF THE PUMPING TESTS <br />AND DRAWDOWN, AND MR. TESSIER REPORTED THAT THEY PUMPED AND MEASURED <br />FOR 69 HOURS, AND THE DRAWDOWN WAS 4'; THEY NEVER GOT BELOW LAND <br />SURFACE. HE STATED THAT THEY EXPECTED THE WATER LEVEL TO CONTINUE <br />TO DROP, BUT AT A STEADILY DECREASING RATE AS THEY -PUMP; THE TEST <br />INDICATED THAT IN 30750 DAYS YOU WILL GET STABILIZATION BECAUSE YOU <br />ARE GETTING,RECHARGE FROM SOMEWHERE, HE THEN EXPLAINED ABOUT THE <br />i <br />DEEP AQUIFER LEAKING SLOWLY UP INTO THE SHALLOW AQUIFER SO THAT WHEN YOU <br />LOWER THE DEEP AQUIFER, THE SHALLOW AQUIFER WOULD HAVE A TENDENCY TO <br />RECHARGE; I.E., YOU ARE DECREASING THE AMOUNT YOU ARE LOSING UPWARD. <br />MR. TESSIER STATED THAT THE EFFECT ON THE SHALLOW AQUIFER WILL BE <br />NOTHING MEASURABLE. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS INQUIRED ABOUT THE LONG TERM EFFECT ON OTHER <br />USERS OF THE AQUIFER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SUCH AS THE EGGERTS WHO <br />HAVE A NURSERY ADJACENT TO THIS AREA. <br />MR. TESSIER COMMENTED THAT BECAUSE THE FACTORS THEY DEVELOPED <br />MATHMATICALLY FROM THE TESTS INDICATE THAT THE TESTS ARE MORE FAVORABLE <br />THAN ANTICIPATED, THE IMPACTS WILL BE LESS THAN PREDICTED EARLIER. <br />HE NOTED THAT THE EGGERTS ARE GETTING WATER NOT ONLY FROM THE ZONE <br />WE ARE TAPPING, BUT FROM SOMETHING BELOW IT; S0, THE EFFECT ON THOSE <br />