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27 1 100 to 200 feet. And so that's why we did the model. That's what this computer model I put together does. It figures out 2 what that distance is. In addition,we also put recharge from rainfall on there and stuff that the plants use that doesn't get 3 recharged to aquifer. So that's in the model,too. So it's a complete it's a complete hydrologic cycle model that says the 4 rainfall in,evaporate transformation out by plants and evaporation from soil. Whatever's leftover goes and recharges the 5 aquifer. You put a well in to pump it out and where does that effect things? 6 7 Leon Meyers:Anything else for Mr. Lappala? 8 9 Jeff Scott: One other question and maybe this is also a question, I don't know if we can have the county respond to this 10 one,you're talking about you've done the three modeling underground. You know again, in your expert opinion, do you 11 know the amount of water that will be needed to fund all the activities on this site will be met based on your modeling? 12 Now, hypothetically, if we were to go out there and this was to be approved at some point, you know, either way is you will 13 then have to do the well drilling. If that does not meet, I guess, county standards for that type and intensity of development, 14 1 guess I'm ask, I guess my question would be is the county has standards for the use of water on these things since you're 15 not relying upon the town for sewer and water. I guess, maybe that's a question, I don't know if the county can answer in 16 this hearing. 17 18 Eric Lappala: The county has a well permitting system. And they actually set the standards for what water wells, how 19 they're drilled, how they're completed and how they're protected. So in any well that's put in in the county,the well driller 20 has to register that well not only with the county but with the state of North Carolina. So there's a record of how it was 21 instructed, they do a test pumping of it to see how much water will come out of it. What I put in my model was assuming 22 that somebody can put a well in there and get the yield they need to provide the project. Based on these other studies, 1 23 think they can. But in terms of an individual well is my moniker is you don't know what's down there until you put the hole in 24 the ground. And so the driller will have to do the proper tests and register that information with both the county and the 25 state. And then since it's going to be used as a public water supply, they're also going to have to take water samples and 26 demonstrate that the water quality is acceptable. 27 28 Cy Stober: From the county perspective,the Director of Environmental Health,Victoria Hudson, is with us this evening as is 29 Thomas Privott and can answer any questions regarding the county's well permitting system program, if you have any. 30 And they are sworn. 31 32 Jeff Scott: You know, in your opinion, I don't know if you can give your opinion in these, but, assuming that they went out 33 there and they did the wells and everything came back, let's say hypothetically they came back and there was not enough 34 yield or the correct terminology, I don't know what that would be, essentially, I don't want to get into conjecture because we 35 can't do that here. I don't know if I'm answering or I'm responding to this properly. But I'm trying to kind of figure out and 36 articulate a way to kind of say that, you know,the applicant would have to go through all the typical processes for the 37 county and would have to demonstrate if this project move forward that there are standards for this, I guess that's my 38 question. 39 40 Eric Lappala: My recommendation would be that the applicant invest a little bit of time and money to have a well driller out 41 and go out there and put a test well in. Because to answer your question, is there going to be enough water on the site to 42 meet that demand, that is your question, correct? 43 44 Jeff Scott: It was my question and that's the burden of the applicant to go through all this work and if for whatever reason 45 there was not the appropriate yield for the water they needed for the size of their project they would have to then reassess 46 their application or their project. 47 48 Eric Lappala: They'd have to come up with another water supply. 49 50 Jeff Scott: Exactly. 51 52 Eric Lappala: Right. 53 54 Leon Meyers:Anything else for Mr. Lappala? Thank you,sir. 55