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EXHIBIT G (Cont'd) <br />gallons per day. Thus, total water useage is estimated at <br />3,380,000 gallons per year, or 10.3? acre feet per year. <br />In addition, the wash plant will handle approximately <br />1,000 gallons per minute. Most is returned to a settling <br />pond and repeatedly recirculated. The operator estimates a <br />water loss varying between four percent and eight percent. <br />For the purpose of this estimate, the operator has used <br />seven percent; thus, consumptive use is approximately 70 <br />gallons per minute, 9.072 million gallons per year, or <br />27.83 acre feet per year. <br />Total consumptive use for dust suppression and the wash <br />plant is expected to be 38.20± acre feet per year. <br />Purchase of the property includes 3 C.F.S. of irrigation <br />water from the Loesch-Crann Ditch. It is expected that a <br />change of use from agriculture to industrial will meet water <br />needs for the mining project now and in the future. <br />The effect of runoff water on surrounding lands will <br />not be a problem. Drainage will be into the pit area, not <br />away from the excavation. There may be small areas that are <br />exceptions. They will be ditched and the water will be <br />returned to the lake to prevent damage to other properties. <br />There will be no water used for reclamation. It is not <br />planned to irrigate the revegetated materials. Whenever pos- <br />sible, overburden materials will be used to backfill and <br />reduce water area. <br />The operator's intention is to minimize disturbances to <br />the prevailing hydrologic balance of the affected land and <br />-25- <br />