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• Introduction Mine water inflow results were consistent with the predictions presented in the mining permit application. No apparent measurable mine water inflow was detected during the 2001 underground inspection of the Bowie No. 2 Mine on November 24, 2001. Discharged Water The mine has not dischazged any inflow water from the underground workings nor do the mine portals contribute drainage to the permitted drainage system of the facilities area. Sumps Eight underground sumps were located during this inspection. Mine officials reported that these sumps and their contents were the results of machinery washing and recovered water from belt conveyors where water is applied to allay respirable dust at coal transfer points. These belt line and wash bay sumps held insignificant water and were not tested. Other Water Sources A visual inspection of the lower entry of both the Main North Entries and gate entries of both the D4, DS and D6 longwall panels produced no evidence of any other water sources or storage areas. No significant pooling of water along the travelways or beltlines was found. Consumptive Use • The Bowie No. 2 Mine now extracts dust suppression and sanitary water from the Deer Trail Ditch via the new pump station located on the Deer Trail ditch as shown on Map15-1 of the permit application. During the first months of operation and while the pump station and water line was constructed, water was pumped from this ditch into a water truck, hauled to the portal area and stored in a temporary tank for fire protection and underground dust suppression. Additional water from this source was hauled via the water truck for dust abatement on the mine access roads. The pump station is now fully operable and metered. This meter records the consumptive use of water from the Deer Trail Ditch. During the 2001 calendar year, the Bowie No. 2 Mine consumed 197.11 AC-FT of water in order to produce 5,434,000 tons of coal. Pond evaporation is estimated at 2.0 AC-FT per yeaz. The addition of the estimated pond evaporation to the mine consumption produces a consumptive use of 199.1 I AC-FT of water for the 2001 yeaz and is les< than the estimated 234.6 AC-FT indicated in the permit application. This usage indicates that water for dust suppression and fire prevention at the Bowie No. 2 Mine is currently averaging approximately 36.8 AC-FT per million tons of coal. Conclusions It is reasonable to assume that during the 2001 Mine Water Inflow study season, less than 10 gallons per minute are flowing into the mine workings of the Bowie No. 2 Mine, that approximately 120 gallons of water per minute is introduced from the Deer Trail Ditch and that any sudden increase in mine inflow values could be reasonable incorporated into the dust suppression process, precluding the necessity for any mine discharges.