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water stored in the reservoir is discharged into the Paonia Reservoir water <br />• system to supplement the flow of the North fork of the Gunnison River. <br />This discharge also replaces the waters diverted out of the North Fork of <br />the Gunnison by WSC for the period following the last reservoir discharge. <br />In addition, WSC has received a well permit to use water produced in <br />the mine. This water would otherwise find its way into the hydrologic <br />system (Appendix XIII). All water wells known to WSC in the area (Appendix <br />XXIV.5) are in the alluvium of the North Fork of the Gunnison River. <br />Therefore, the mining of these leases is not expected to have an effect on <br />these wells. <br />Western Slope Carbon, Inc. also has water decrees on the river in con- <br />junction with the acquisition of old mines and adjacent residential <br />• property, as shown in Appendix XIII. Table 2.04.7.A summarizes the water <br />sources that are available at the Hawk's Nest Mine. The amounts of water <br />shown are more than adequate for the requirements of WSC at the Hawk's Nest <br />Mine. Approximately 0.70 acre feet per day are consumed for domestic use. <br />The majority of this is used in the bathhouse facilities at the mine. In <br />the underground portion of the mine, fire mining units are expected to use <br />a normal quantity of 50 gpm during production. This includes mining face <br />equipment and supporting belt drives and sprays. Total mine consumption is <br />250 gpm for approximately eight hours per day. Surface wash plant facili- <br />ties are expected to consume about 100 gpm. This is the major consumer of <br />water at the mine because it operates on a near continuous basis. Table <br />2.04.7.6 lists these water consumption quantities. Assuming normal opera- <br />tions over 239 working days at 14 hours per day, the mine complex will <br />C J <br />2.04-30 <br />