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Second Submittal <br /> The 126.58 acre Site is currently being used for agriculture, with irrigated hay being the <br /> primary crop. The property is relatively flat,with a gentle slope toward the southeast. The <br /> abutting properties include 17 parcels that are in use as single family residential, 4 <br /> agricultural parcels, 2 retail/service parcels, 1 multi-family residential parcel, and 1 <br /> industrial parcel. <br /> Key features affecting groundwater in the area include multiple irrigation ditches,irrigated <br /> agricultural operations, and the afore-mentioned existing gravel mining operations (Figure <br /> 2). Another feature affecting groundwater are historical sub-surface drains used to lower <br /> the water table in area fields. The exact location of the individual pipes of the collector <br /> drain network is unknown. It is'siurmised that these drain networks feed two known main <br /> drain structures: the Callahan Drain, located south of the site, and the Childers <br /> Underground Drainage Ditch (Childer's Drain), located east of the site. A subset of the <br /> Callahan drain system, the Bethke Stockwater drain provides water to a small stock pond <br /> near the outlet of the Callahan drain into the Taylor and Gill ditch. <br /> Based on interviews with Mt. Ray Stegner, the physical attributes of the Childers Drain <br /> (Stegner, 2016) are: <br /> • The physical location of the drain appears to run on the east edge of the <br /> property and collects water from north and west of the Hwy 287/Hwy 287 <br /> Bypass <br /> • There are five collector drains east of Taft Hill and north of the old Hwy <br /> 287 <br /> • At least two of the collector drains were crushed in the 1980s when the <br /> Bypass was built <br /> • Part of the water drains into the Terry Lake inlet ditch since the crushing in <br /> the 1980s <br /> • There is no evidence of any water being collected south of Hwy 287 from <br /> the groundwater system (i.e., drain tiles are solid) <br /> • The drain flows into a pond(off site) and the pond overflows into the Eaton <br /> Ditch <br /> Loveland Ready-Mix Concrete 2 Telesto Solutions,Inc. <br /> 20180112_1=)=Iwa rsmdy_2txlsubumtalaucx Januarv2018 <br />