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5. Water Consumption for the Operation <br />Two 4000 gallon water trucks are permanently located on site and are used approximately 8 hrs <br />per day, 5 days per week, 30 weeks per year. Each truck uses a full load every 2 hours, therefore, <br />the total consumptive use is 4,800,000 gallons per year or 14.73 acre feet. <br />The crushing and screening plant uses 8000 gallons per day and operates 5 days per week and 3 <br />months per year. This is 480,000 gallons per year or 1.47 acre feet. <br />No washing of gravel is conducted at this site. <br />Two water wells and an irrigation ditch exist near the permit property. All were installed long <br />before the area was originally permitted. The landowner states that they are "good" wells with <br />high production and clean water. These water sources will be used to provide the operational <br />water as wells as provide the water to irrigate the field. The landowner has water rights for this <br />use as well as irrigating the existing fields to the west. The water rights can be seen in the lease <br />agreement in Appendix A. The wells and ditch are expected to be unaffected by the continued <br />excavation. The currently mined area had no effect on the water and is the closest mining area to <br />the wells. <br />Cugnini Pit, November 2009 G-2