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• • <br />Table E49-3 <br />Underground Mine Water Balance <br />Water Years 1989 to 1998 <br />Water Year 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 <br /> <br />Inflows <br />North Mains ~'~ Units <br /> <br />gpm <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />45 <br /> <br />45 <br />Western Mining District ~b~ gpm 91 38 3 99 138 98 75 55 55 55 <br />East Mining District ~`~ gpm 16 20 45 65 <br />_ <br />6 Right gpm 200 <br />Water sprays <br />Coal production <br />ton/yr <br />850,000 <br />2,700,000 <br />3,300,000 <br />3,200,000 <br />3,900,000 <br />5,000,000 <br />5,700,000 <br />5,500,000 <br />7,100,000 <br />7,900,000 <br />Usagei°~ gpm 18 56 69 67 81 104 119 115 148 165 <br />Loss to coal ~°~ gpm 6 _ 18 23 22 27 34 39 38 49 54 <br />Discharge <br />109 - Foidel Creek <br />gpm <br />148 <br />49 <br />27 <br />99 <br />135 <br />90 <br />49 <br />_ 13 <br />0 <br />0 <br />115 -Fish Creek gpm 72 67 90 103 63 63 27 0 4 <br />Net to Storage ~0 <br />Rate <br />gpm <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />61 <br />104 <br />157 <br />245 <br />472 <br />Annual volume gallons _ _ 3.19E+07 5.46E+07 8.25E+07 1.29E+08 2.48E+08 <br />Cumulative Volume gallons _ _ 3.19E+07 8.65E+07 1.69E+08 2.98E+08 5.46E+08 <br />~ 0 0 0 0 0 61 104 157 245 472 <br />~ Note: a) Estimated from1997 Annual Mine Inflow Survey <br />`.i9 b) 1989 to 1993 calculated: total discharges -total inflows. 1994 to 1996 based upon measured inflows <br />® 1997 to 1998 fixed at 55 gpm based upon Mine Inflow Surveys. Note that 1993 inflows included <br />~ 80 gpm from dewatering of the 1st South Panel 1991 inflows affected by sealing of 1st Panel South <br />C c) Estimated from Annual Mine Inflow Survey and area mined. <br />-n d) 1998 usage was 165 gpm at 7,900,000 tons per year, previous years pro-rated by production rate <br />m <br />~ e) Water added to coal by sprays estimated from difference between equilibrium and as shipped moistures (1.5%) <br />" f) No significant water added to storage until 1994. Subsequent years: total inflow -total discharges <br />'A <br />N <br />O <br />O <br />0 <br />TR 99-3Z Table E49-3 5'3'99 <br />