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3/24/2009 <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street-, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Atten: David Bird <br />Mr. Bird, <br />Here is the detail & sequence of events concerning ground water and <br />the flooding of my basement. <br />1. Friday March 20, 2009 @ approximately 1.0:00pm - Heard strange <br />sound coming from my new (within 6 months) furnace once fan <br />turned on. <br />2. Saturday March 21, 2009 @ approximately 9:00am - Heard the <br />same strange sound from furnace & investigated and found 8" of <br />water in my basement (submerging 6" of furnace under water). <br />Spent 13 hours pumping, vacuuming, & evaluating where water <br />might be coming from. Being a licensed pump installer and familiar <br />with issues common to leaks found in trench piping, I originally <br />thought that 1 had leak in trench piping from water well service to <br />home but found that all trench piping to be A-OK. Measured ground <br />water in wells @ 44"-48". Started sump pit excavation in order to <br />lower sump pump below floor level. 2 man crew (Brent & Kirk @ 8 <br />hours), 3 man crew (Brent, Kirk, & Levi 5 hours). 9:00am - <br />10:00pm. Pumped continuously in excess of 50 gpm thru the night. <br />3. Sunday March 22, 2009 - Continued pumping and monitoring water <br />levels in addition to installing small jet pump in monitoring hole next <br />to house (a 16.5 gpm. 2 man crew (Kirk & Brent = 5 hours thru the <br />day). Now 2 pumps continuous pumping. <br />4. Monday March 23, 2009 - Lined out 2 man crew to continue <br />excavating for pit & carried several buckets of sand & gravel from <br />5pecializing in Complete WellServices '0221 EA 57' 120th AVENUE, HENDER50N, COLORADO 8Q64Q .. 3 3.637.9977 <br />• Wn)1 Pnaiwmenf• and kehaElliE W"m LICENSE # 1194 • FAX 303 - 637 . 9988 <br />• romp and Weil 7ehting <br />• lump "yet- 5nle- Snrvlne lneEnllatinrr ?rnd ReVwtr <br />• U-c. and S-ded