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_ wash, together with talus, other mass movement accumulations, and <br />windblown deposits". Data collected from the canyon indicates no <br />subirrigation and no water availability sufficient for flood <br />irrigation agricultural activities. Also, all of the valley <br />deposits are described as a thin veneer of colluvial material which <br />should not be classified as alluvial valley floors. <br />Data was also gathered during the August 1985 drilling <br />program to further identify any alluvial aquifer which may exist in <br />Apache Canyon. All of the 19 drill holes were completed as <br />monitoring wells. Location, completion information and water level <br />data for August and September are presented on Map 14, Apache <br />Canyon, Ciruela Canyon Surficial Geology and Map 15, Apache Canyon, <br />Ciruela Canyon Cross Sections. As indicated from the water level <br />data, water was encountered from wells e and 17. The highest water <br />elevation was observed at well 11. This area of the canyon is <br />narrow and has various bedrock outcrops in the stream channel which <br />exhibit surface expression from these limited pockets of water. <br />• These outcrops produce limited surface springs and seeps (#12 and <br />13) which have been monitored since 1984 during the spring and seep <br />survey. These pockets of water are limited in size and do not <br />exhibit continuous lateral connection. As per the Division <br />definition, "Aquifer means a zone, stratum, or group of strata that <br />can store and transmit water in sufficient quantities for benefi- <br />cial use". And aquifers are also defined as "Renewable resource <br />lands which means aquifers and areas for the recharge of aquifers, <br />areas for agricultural or silvicultural production of food and <br />fiber, and pastureland". This definition has been further <br />developed by the provisions of 30 CFR 817.126 and the Division Rule <br />4.20.4 which provides a renewable resource land status for only <br />aquifers which serve as a "significant source of water supply to <br />any public water system". The water encountered currently does not <br />serve as nor could sustain a "beneficial use", "significant <br />source", or even a minor source of water supply to a public system <br />. 2.06-2d <br />(Revised 04/27/94) <br /> <br />