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DRMS Permit No. M- 1980 -110 <br />112 Amendment Application <br />Exhibit G — Water Resources <br />The E -470 Public Highway Authority is aware of the obligation to address the issue of evaporative water <br />loss from the lake surface per Rule 3.1.6 and comply with state water law. <br />The Authority acquired the property containing the gravel mining area around 1990/2000. Mineral <br />extraction had ceased around 1995 or so and since then, the mined area had filled with water forming a <br />lake. <br />We have been working for many years to try to sell the property but have not been successful in finding a <br />buyer. We also investigated the possibility of preparing an augmentation plan but we do not have <br />sufficient water rights to make that financially viable. Accordingly, in 2013 our Board of Directors <br />decided that we should proceed to fill the lake. This solution will remove the open water surface and <br />therefore eliminate the evaporative loss issue. <br />