2015-08-25_INSPECTION - M2002020

• Permit No: M2002020
• IBM Index Class Name: INSPECTION
• Doc Date: 8/25/2015
• Doc Name: Responses
• From: City of Greeley
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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August 25, 2015
Peter S. Hays
Environmental Protection Specialist II
Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
Dear Peter Hays,
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We are in receipt of your Inspection Report resulting from our recent meeting to address
the complaint received by your office with regard to the Rodman property. There are several
issues that were either omitted or incorrectly addressed in Inspection Report. While you
indicated on scene, and the Inspection Report seems to confirm, that no violation was found, you
have incorrectly described the "Problem/Possible Violation" in the report. You have stated,
Problem: The dewatering activity at the 25th Avenue Site has caused disturbances
to the prevailing hydrologic balance of the surrounding area and to the quantity of
water in the groundwater system.
The evidence of this disturbance does not support the conclusion presented in the Corrective
Action, specifically that the City's operations have caused a hydrologic imbalance that has
produced an impact to the Rodman well(s). Accordingly, the purpose of this correspondence is to
make clear the City's disagreement with the description of the problem and to provide you with
additional information which ought to be considered when reviewing the unfounded complaint
with regard to the Rodman well.
1. The current complaint of the # 1 Well going dry is not the result of a hydrologic
imbalance attributable to City actions.
As was made clear in your interview with Mr. Rodman and follow-up in our meeting, the # 1
Well has not "gone dry." As you indicated in the Report, Mr. Schenderlein has witnessed the
pump cavitating after two minutes. However, this also occurred in 2013 when the City installed a
new pump in that well for Mr. Rodman. At the time, the well was being used to fill the
temporary frac tank. The pump was being run continuously at approximately 25% capacity and
was effectively filling the frac tank at that time. We believe that Mr. Rodman was operating the
pump similarly in 2014 to fill the newly installed cistern. Even at a flow rate of only 2-3 gpm,
3,000 to 4,000 gallons can be delivered in one day. We also believe that Mr. Rodman is now
operating the pump at its full 10 gpm capacity, a rate which he has never been able to maintain
since the pump was installed.
Water and Sewer Department . 1100 10th Street, Suite 300, Greeley, CO 80631 • [phone] Fax [phone]
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