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SECTION 2.05.6(3) <br />PROTECTION OF THE HYDROLOGIC BALANCE <br />Table of Contents <br />Page No. <br />PROTECTION OF THE HYDROLOGIC BALANCE 1 <br />(A) PROTECTION OF THE HYDROLOGIC BALANCE 1 <br />Introduction 1 <br />Ground Water Protection 1 <br />Ground Water Quality 1 <br />Ground Water Quantity 3 <br />Ground Water Monitoring 4 <br />Surface Water Protection 4 <br />Surface Water Quality 4 <br />Surface Water Quantity 6 <br />Surface Water Monitoring 6 <br />Stream Buffer Zones 7 <br />Water Rights and Alternative Water Supplies 7 <br />Introduction 7 <br />Water Rights Protection and Mitigation Plan 8 <br />Alternative Water Supplies 8 <br />Irrigation 10 <br />Sub - irrigation 10 <br />Conclusion 10 <br />Hydrology Monitoring Plan 11 <br />(B) PROBABLE HYDROLOGIC CONSEQUENCES 11 <br />1) Interruption Of Groundwater Flow And Drawdown 11 <br />Observation and Analysis 12 <br />Modeling 13 <br />2) Impact On Groundwater Rights 14 <br />3) Impact Of Spoil Material On Groundwater Flow And Recharge 15 <br />4) Containment Of Pit Inflow And Impacts On Water Quality 19 <br />5) Potential Impacts Of Replaced Spoil On Groundwater Quality 19 <br />Spoil Water Chemistry 19 <br />Spoil Water Infiltration Into Low -wall 23 <br />6) Impact Of Backfill Water Quality On Surface Water Quality 24 <br />Spoil Water Quality 24 <br />Timeframes of Elevated TDS in Spoil Water 24 <br />Impacts To Receiving Waters- Tuttle Draw 25 <br />Impacts To Receiving Waters — Meehan Draw 26 <br />7) Effects Of Mining On The Local Geomorphology 29 <br />8) Effects Of Sediment Ponds On Channel Characteristics And 29 <br />Downstream Users <br />9) Effects of Sediment Pond Discharge On Surface Water Quality 29 <br />10) Effects of Runoff From Reclaimed Areas On The Quality Of Streamflow 29 <br />Summary 31 <br />November 2011 <br />