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- ; <br />the mined area location and the impact of the-Ski Lake. Drawdowns of two-feet <br />- are seen-at roughly 1,500-foot distances both east and south_ of the pit: -. The . __ . <br />combined north-south mined area contours are slightly higher in magnitude at a <br />given distance, ._but once again the attenuating influence of the Ski Lake has a <br />major impact on the drawdown contour configuration. Of major significance is -.-. <br />the fact that the model studies indicate that the expected drawdowns in the <br />vicinity of the Brancucci wells will be only on the order of one-foot or less. This _- <br />- - . indicates that_lhere should not be problems in pumping of these.wells_that_are_.___ <br />attributable to the mining operations. That a severe drought is being experienced- <br />and local-water tables are reportedly dropping is now recognized and if in fact Mr. <br />Brancucci is experiencing pumping problems, this may well be the most likely <br />underlying cause. <br />The modeling study has shown that the Platte Valley pit operations, if operated as <br />simulated in the model, will cause local drawdown impacts in the alluvial aquifer. <br />The magnitude of the impacts varies little between the north only mining phase, <br />but these effects are highly localized around the mine areas and the larger <br />drawdowns do not extend away from the pit areas to any large degree. <br />While this study has indicated that the activities at the Platte Valley pit are not <br />likely to be causing any significant impacts on the operation of Mr. Brancucci's <br />wells, the existence of numerous low and high capacity wells, both for irrigation <br />and domestic use in the immediate vicinity of the proposed pit as well as east and <br />14 <br />Martin and Wood Water Consukants, Inc. <br />