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which is owned by UNC-CH. The attached figure illustrates the locations of the six <br />wells as well as the bedrock geology at these locations. <br />Once the six bedrock wells described above were secured, instrumentation was <br />deployed in each of the wells in late March and the collection of groundwater level <br />data began on March 27th. Hourly groundwater level measurements are being <br />recorded in each well and this information will be downloaded periodically by staff <br />from the data loggers. Currently, staff plans to make the groundwater level <br />information collected in Orange Well Net available to the public via the North <br />Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources- Division of Water <br />Resources (DWR) Drought Indicator Wells web site: <br />htto:/1www.ncwater.orglData and Modeling/Ground Water Databases/Drought Indicator Wells/) <br />This web site includes information for wells located across the entire state and will <br />permit statistical analysis of the data collected in each of the wells, as shown in the <br />attached information. Staff intends to establish and maintain links to this information <br />through the County's H2Orange web site as well as the Department of Environment, <br />Agriculture, Parks and Recreation web site. <br />Planning for the inclusion of additional bedrock wells and the implementation of the <br />regolith well component of Orange Well Net, as originally envisioned, is pending <br />further funding. <br />Attachments: <br />Well location map <br />List of observation wells <br />Example of statistical information available from DWR web site <br />Environment, Agriculfure, Parks and Recreation <br />PO Box 8181 /306-A Revere Road <br />Hiflshorough, NC 27278 <br />(919) 245-2510 <br />