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<br />WATER BALANCE AND CONSUMPTIVE USE <br />Southfields annual consumptive use is estimated at 43.4 AC- <br />FT for the reporting period. Present water use and consumptive <br />use within the mine's water system is represented in schematic <br />form on Figure 2. In addition, sources of consumptive use are <br />quantified on a monthly and annual basis on Table 7. Consumptive <br />use calculations for the preparation plant and pond exploration <br />are detailed on Tables 5 and 6, respectively. Estimations of <br />consumptive water use for these systems and the others listed <br />have been calculated with the same methods utilized in previous <br />annual reports. <br />Southfields water balance is an estimate of pumped and <br />runoff water, consumptive use, and discharges to the stream <br />system. During the reporting period, the mine wells pumped 53.2 <br />AC-FT and the Corley well pumped 24.2 AC-FT, totalling 77.4 AC- <br />FT, into the mine water handling system. Consumptive use within <br />the mine totalled 43.4 AC-FT, and 23.6 AC-FT of water were <br />subsequently discharged to the streams. The summarized water <br />balance data indicated an approximate water balance within the <br />mine water systems. Southfield's monitoring program and water <br />systems analysis provides a reasonable estimate of water use and <br />consumptive use within the mine. <br /> <br />