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0'. 2_ Discussion Notes Meeting of CFE Water Resources Committee and 1992-2001 Water Resources Committee April 23, 2002 Following a review of the 2001 USGS Ground Water Resource Investigation and the (1992-2001) Water Resources Committee Final Report, the group discussed the following points: • Where would the funding come from for monitoring wells as proposed by Committee? • Test wells should be able to test for climatic, terrain and land use conversion effects • What kind of data is currently being shared with the State? 1s there information that can be gleaned from those reports to augment the data we are collecting via GPS? • What water quality testing is available from Environmental Health? What do they test for? What can the State test for (is it the same)? • Could well-testing be piggybacked on every new well — require bacteria, radon, mineral testing? Cost? Could the County cover the cost? Is it reasonable to require a water test of all new wells? Nitrate, iron and manganese might be the most useful information. • How significant are the high radon readings? Should we start a sampling program specific to the geographic (geologic) area of high readings? How about including Chatham County (as the Committee proposed)? Can EPA provide something more definitive in the way of minimum levels? There is a lot of information available at EPA on this??? • Is there a need for a comprehensive sanitary survey to see what's out there first? • Should new subdivisions be required to locate well sites? Can well sites and a well reserve area be shown on the subdivision plat to be reserved? Would it be onerous—require drilling to show availability? • The Committee recommendations should be prioritized and grouped into areas that will require more work, those that can be done now and those that need more discussion by the CFE. This information should also be shared with the committee working on the Environmental Impact Ordinance.