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WATER INFORMATION EXHIBIT G <br />1. Surface Water General Discussion <br />The surface water features within and near the permit area include several small unnamed <br />drainages, a small stock pond and irrigation ditches, as shown on Map C-1. The most significant <br />surface water is produced from the irrigation activities to the west. <br />2. Water Rights <br />The landowner has a well and irrigation water from a ditch, which may be partially used for the <br />operation. If this water is not available, water will be trucked from an offsite source. <br />3. Hydrology and Sediment Control for Mining <br />The terrain slopes from the west to the east to the main drainage east of the mine site. The <br />general plan allows undisturbed surface flow to either flow around the site or to pass through the <br />site in two grass lined drainage channels that are isolated from the pit drainage. These drainage <br />channels lead to permanent grouted channels on the steep slope of the backfilled gullies. Water <br />will then flow into the natural drainages below. The culvert and channel designs are shown in <br />Exhibit D - Mining Plan. Water from the disturbed area will be held and allowed to infiltrate. <br />Once the Center Pivot Field is reclaimed, ditches will be installed that take the excess irrigation <br />water and stormwater from that field and divert it to the irrigated pasture on the reclaimed pit <br />floor. <br />4. Groundwater <br />This operation has not encountered groundwater and does not expect to in the future. If ground <br />water is encountered, this area will be backfilled and the base of mining will remain one foor <br />above the water table. <br />There will be sanitation facilities on site but there will not be a leach field. All sanitary waste <br />will be stored in a holding tank and hauled off site periodically. <br />Cugnini Pit, November 2009 G-1