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the 19 stations (monitor holes) from which water level data were collected are included in <br />Appendix D. <br />2.2.1.1 Alluvial Water Level Data Water level data is still collected from the one <br />remaining original alluvial aquifer monitoring hole (Qal-5). Kenney Reservoir inundated five <br />other alluvial monitoring holes. A hydrograph of the water level data for Qal-5 is contained <br />in Appendix E. The location of Qal-5 is shown on Plate 1 in the pocket of this report. The <br />Qal-5 hydrograph shows a significant increase in the alluvial water level of the White River <br />since the second half of 1985. This rise was due to the filling of Kenney Reservoir. Since <br />that time, fluctuations reflect the seasonal rise and fall of the reservoir level. <br />2.2.1.2 Alluvial Water Quality Data The water quality data for Qal-5 is contained in <br />Appendix E. The statistical summary of the data is also contained in Appendix E. The fifth <br />annual hydrology report noted that the general increase in the average TDS that started <br />when Kenney Reservoir was filled was beginning to slow down. There has been a <br />generally decreasing trend since 1992. Based on the data collected during the past water <br />year, the TDS value was 1980 mg/I. This compares to values for the previous two reporting <br />period of 2230 mg/I and 2270 mg/I indicating that the TDS level have stabilized with a <br />continued slight downward trend. A graph showing the magnesium, chloride and TDS <br />levels for Qal-5 is also included in Appendix E. <br />The water quality of the White River is considerably better than that in the alluvium <br />indicating that permeability in the alluvium is restricted resulting in a relatively low degree of <br />communication between the river water and the water in the alluvium. The existence of <br />Kenney Reservoir decreases the groundwater gradient that may inhibit the natural tendency <br />for the alluvium to flush itself of the higher dissolved solids content. The potential effects, <br />therefore, were projected that the dissolved solids of the White River alluvium in the vicinity <br />of Scullion Gulch would increase initially as prior unsaturated zones become saturated. <br />TDS would then gradually decrease with time to near or slightly above baseline conditions <br />as these zones are slowly flushed of their salts. <br />A spike in ammonia was noted in this year's data for Qal-5. No causes for the anomaly are <br />known nor suspect. A water pipeline was constructed near the well in the summer of 2006. <br />No fertilizer, blasting agents, nor other chemicals were used during construction or <br />reclamation which could account for an increase in ammonia. Therefore, we presently <br />assume this single outlier in the data is a laboratory anomaly and we will continue to watch <br />for changes in future analysis. <br />2.2.1.3 Bedrock Water Level Data Hydrographs for the nineteen (19) bedrock <br />monitoring holes are contained in Appendix D. The locations of the holes are shown on <br />Plate 1 in the pocket of this report. As noted in the original Deserado Mine permit <br />5 <br />