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PHC North Fork of the Gunnsion River <br />Flow gpm <br />Flow cfs <br />TDS <br />North Fork <br />11,220 <br />25.0 <br />108 <br />Mine Spring <br />14 <br />0.03 <br />4340 <br />Alluvial Flow <br />41 <br />0.09 <br />3630 <br />Combined Flow <br />11275 <br />25.2 <br />126 <br />SPRINGS <br />No monitoring required. <br />Water Consumption <br />The Bear No. 3 Mine ceased all coal production on November 13, 1996 and the <br />portals were sealed in January 1997. Therefore, there was no water consumed <br />underground during the year nor will there be any water consumed underground in the <br />future. <br />Probable Hydrologic Consequences <br />According to data supplied by the USGS, the annual seven day minimum flow for <br />the North Fork of the Gunnison River is 25 cfs. This low flow value occurred February <br />17, 1978, is for the period of record from 1934 through 1995 and is measured upstream <br />of the Town of Somerset, CO. <br />The maximum spring discharged from the treatment pond during the year was <br />14.0 gpm with a maximum TDS of 4340. <br />The PHC section of the permit projects the total flow through the alluvium is 136 <br />gpm. Of that total flow, approximately 41 gpm is subject to contamination from the coal <br />stockpile area. The quality of the contaminated water should be similar to the water <br />quality in well AA -1. For the period of 1987 though 2002, the maximum TDS measured <br />in AA -1 was 3630 in 2002. <br />The maximum TDS measurement at the upstream North Fork of the Gunnison <br />River monitoring station during 2011 was 108 mg /I in December. The following table <br />presents the estimated affect the mine discharge and alluvial flow will have on the <br />quality of water in the North Fork of the Gunnison River: <br />