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Approved 9.3.25 <br /> 604 <br /> 605 Lamar Proctor: Anyone else? <br /> 606 <br /> 607 Meg Millard: My question is kind of like Beth's. It just seems like when you were testing the wells, it was when <br /> 608 we had the most rainfall that we have had in forever. So,the wettest possible time,which is not <br /> 609 the time you worry about your well going dry or your neighbor's well going dry. And I have lived <br /> 610 not far from there, and definitely,there are some well problems. <br /> 611 <br /> 612 Chris Johnston: You mentioned that this was drilled in November, and when did you start the ambient data <br /> 613 collection? <br /> 614 <br /> 615 Ward Marotti: June. Specifically started after concerns were raised following the public meeting. <br /> 616 <br /> 617 Chris Johnston: Gotcha. Okay. <br /> 618 <br /> 619 Meg Millard: But the draw downs on the Griffin well and the Rigsbee well happened in July. <br /> 620 <br /> 621 Ward Marotti: Happened in July. That's correct. <br /> 622 <br /> 623 Meg Millard: When we had the most rain of forever. <br /> 624 <br /> 625 Ward Marotti: It wasn't specifically tied to that precipitation event. That was not intentional. <br /> 626 <br /> 627 Meg Millard: No, I'm not proposing that you did that on purpose. It just happens to coincide, and have you <br /> 628 considered doing any further testing because of one brief testing when there's a huge water <br /> 629 impact on the community is. <br /> 630 <br /> 631 Beth Trahos: Can I point one thing. The purpose of the testing was not so much the quantity of water, although <br /> 632 the testing showed significantly more than is required, but people were asking what is the impact <br /> 633 on my well? <br /> 634 <br /> 635 Ward Marotti: Rough draw down on adjacent well. Exactly. <br /> 636 <br /> 637 Beth Trahos: It doesn't matter whether there's a lot of rain or a little, right? <br /> 638 <br /> 639 Ward Marotti: Well,the fact that there was no documentation of any noticeable draw down coalesced to the <br /> 640 draw down timing, I would say that's correct. <br /> 641 <br /> 642 Beth Trahos: And the other thing I would say is that 1, I'll ask you,Ward, and I, myself, I have never been <br /> 643 involved in a case where we actually did well testing. In my experience in almost 30 years <br /> 644 somehow as a land use lawyer, I've never seen anybody test wells before. <br /> 645 <br /> 646 Ward Marotti: It's typically speculative modeling. Not based on real data. <br /> 647 <br /> 648 Beth Trahos: Right. So,the idea that there is data available is unusual as well. <br /> 649 <br /> 650 Beth Bronson: Thank you for clarifying. <br /> 651 <br /> 652 Lamar Proctor: I was going to generally try and move down, so we don't get in a free for all, but if a planning <br /> 653 board member is asking a question, and you have a follow up that's directly related to what they're <br /> 654 asking,then I think that that's appropriate. Otherwise, I would just everybody to reserve your <br /> 655 questions for your turn. Did you have something related to wells? <br /> 656 <br /> 657 Statler Gilfillen: I'm going to get to septic. <br /> 658 <br />