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The pump station is metered. This meter records the consumptive use of water from the <br />Deer Trail Ditch. During the 2014 calendar year, the Bowie No. 2 Mine consumed 261.04 <br />AC-FT of water in order to produce 3,501,000 tons of coal. Pond evaporation is estimated <br />at 4.04 AC-FT per year. The addition of the estimated pond evaporation to the mine <br />consumption produces a consumptive use of 265.1 AC-FT of water for the 2014 year and is <br />less than the estimated 323.4 AC-FT indicated in the permit application. This usage <br />indicates that water for dust suppression and fire prevention and coal preparation at the <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine averaged approximately 75.7 AC-FT per million tons of coal produced. <br />Conclusions <br />Water inflow into the mine west of Terror Creek is associated with sandstone channels. The <br />pattern of water inflow is one of steadily decreasing flow as the face mines through an area <br />and advances away from it. The mine did not discharge water during the year. The west <br />section of the mine, west of Terror Creek, was essentially dry through the reporting period. <br />2 <br />