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trapped in the borehole (perhaps by a boulder in the spoils that the <br />borehole does not completely penetrate). However, this well became dry <br />in August 1998, and continues to be so. Well 23 sometimes shows water <br />in late February, March, and April as snow melts quickly off this <br />westerly-facing slope, although it has been dry since 1985. Well 24 has <br />been dry for the entire period of record. <br />Three wells; 25, 26, and 27; are situated in the lower region of spoils <br />above the Wadge Impoundment. All three of these wells were outfitted <br />with continuous recorders operated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <br />until the end of 1983. Well 25, the highest upgradient of these three <br />wells on the spoils slope, has indicated an absence of recharge since <br />1997. Well 27, lowest of the three, shows that its water levels are <br />most likely dependent upon the water level in the Wadge Impoundment <br />located 50 feet away. Well 26, located between Wells 26 and 27, <br />normally exhibits water levels higher than either 25 or 27. This is not <br />a normal ground water level gradient; therefore, its water levels should <br />. be reviewed with caution. Perhaps, as with Well 22, water is being <br />trapped in the borehole. <br />Seven spoil wells were completed in the fall of 1987. Three (Well 59, <br />60, and 61) were completed upgradient of the Spoils Spring 3 area, while <br />four (Wells 62 to 65) were completed in the Spoils Spring 1 area. The <br />purpose of placing several wells at each site was to accurately define <br />the potentiometric surface of the spoils aquifer at each location. <br />Water levels at all of these spoil wells exhibit normal seasonal <br />variations. Well 65 has been dry for the entire period of record <br />(except for October 2000, which occurred after a 1.94 inch rainfall in <br />late September). It is located in an area where the spoils are normally <br />unsaturated. Wells 62, 63 and 64 exhibited their lowest water levels <br />ever in October 2002. <br />Ground Water Level Summary. All alluvial wells are showing distinct <br />seasonal water level fluctuations in response to periods of <br />precipitation recharge or the lack of precipitation. Overburden and <br />coal well water levels are fluctuating in response to the precipitation <br />5 <br />