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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 2015 calendar year, the Bowie No. 2 Mine consumed 118.63 <br />AC -FT of water in order to produce 1,587,976 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 122.67 AC -FT of water for the 2015 year and <br />is 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 77.25 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. The mine did not discharge water during the year. The west section of <br />the mine, west of Terror Creek, was essentially dry through the reporting period. <br />2 <br />