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3 <br /> Prior to Final Plan Approval <br /> • The well must be drilled. Environmental Health inspects and approves the <br /> well construction. A permit to drill the community wells for Phase II has <br /> been issued by Environmental Health. <br /> • After the wells are drilled, the water must be tested. DEH criteria relating <br /> to water quality and quantity must be met. Requirements pertaining to water <br /> quality include disinfection,bacteriological testing and chemical analysis. <br /> With respect to water quantity,the combined yield of the well to be included <br /> in the system during a 12-hour period must equal at least 400 gallons per <br /> connection. The two wells must produce at least 18,800 gallons in 12 hours <br /> for the proposed subdivision. <br /> • If the well passes water quality and quantity tests, DEH must approve the <br /> engineering plans for the water distribution and storage system. <br /> • As required in the attached Resolution of Approval,the water system must <br /> be constructed prior to Final Plat approval. <br /> Documents Recorded With Final Plat <br /> • Easements for the area within 100 feet of each well and for access to the <br /> storage and distribution system must be granted to the private utility <br /> company. <br /> Alternatives in the Event of Community Well Failure <br /> A major concern which has been expressed regarding the use of community wells is <br /> the provision of water in the event of well failure in the future. There are several <br /> means by which that situation could be addressed. <br /> • The Resolution of Approval requires that the private utility would be granted the <br /> right to drill replacement community wells in the common open space, in the <br /> event of a failure. This requirement was included in the Resolution of Approval <br /> for Phase I. Because changes in rock strata affect water supply, a replacement <br /> well located only a short distance from the failing well may provide an adequate <br /> safe yield <br /> • Another option would be for individual wells to be drilled on the individual lots. <br /> The attached memorandum from Environmental Health indicates that an individual <br /> well could be sited at to comply with setback and separation requirements, <br /> including a 100-foot septic systems, for each lot except lots 39 through 61. <br /> Because the septic system in the area of those lots are sited avoid the use of pumps, <br />