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the DRMS? <br /> Mitigation <br /> After the New McGrane Report the Operator did admit that there are damages "Current <br /> drawdown from predevelopement conditions" to the SPOs from the ground water drawdown. <br /> Water Engineer McGrane actually inspected and pump tested the Koehler irrigation April 27th. <br /> The Pumping test results indicated that the well was only pumping 580 gpm. This is down <br /> approximately 50%from the 1100 gpm when the well was rebuilt in 2012. <br /> As part of the agreement with Koehler and part of the agreement with the Board of County <br /> Commissioners the Operator would install a new double propeller pump and motor to return <br /> the Koehler well back to the Predevelopement ground water levels. Engineer McGrane stated <br /> in his evaluation that the well should be back to 1000 to 1100 gpm with the new pump and <br /> motor.The Koehler sprinkler requires a minimum 980 gpm to operate.The new pump and <br /> motor were installed on June 24th and the pump tested at approximately 850 gpm. The <br /> Operator paid Quality Well and Pump approximately $21,000 to return the Koehler Well back <br /> to the redevelopment pumping levels. The proposal did not work! <br /> There has not been any mitigation efforts completed by the Operator of the Loloff Pit and the <br /> Derr Pit along and north of Weld County Road 62/ East C Street.The Operator did not and has <br /> not provided augumentation water to the SPOs as listed in the Director Means letter. Director <br /> Means was not correct in his letter dated May 7th covering the augumentation paragraph 2. <br /> Even the 15 Derr Pit monitoring wells never full recovered from the dewatering of the Loloff Pit. <br /> Please compare the 2008 "pre development" well readings with the 2016 "pre slurry wall" <br /> readings and the 2018 readings " post slurry wall". There are non recoverable measurements <br /> from 8 to 10 feet from 2008 to 2018 for the Derr Pit Monitoring Wells.The operator is using the <br /> depleted values as the baseline for the well monitoring. <br /> Copies of the quoted data can be sent to the DRMS file. Please advise or at least tell me what <br /> form you would like me to use so the Data is added to the correct file. <br /> Positive Results <br /> Since the SPOs were the "Whistle Blowers" September 2019 with Board of County <br /> Commissioners, Weld County was made aware that the Operator had not offered any <br /> mitigation plan to prevent damages to the area ground water. This started a data collection <br /> and well monitoring program by the Operator.This is actually the first time that the Loloff Pit <br /> and the Derr Pit Operators actually started measuring the ground water for the SPOs. <br /> Derr Pit Dewatering <br /> 10 <br />