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<br /> 986 Venkat Yendapalli: Well, thank you for answering the well and its impact to the adjacent wells. That part I'm not too
<br /> 987 concerned, because you clearly answered it,you're going at a different aquifer level, and bedrock
<br /> 988 is in between. My concern is predominantly on one well serving 49 homes and having a fault. If
<br /> 989 the one pump fails, the whole well will fail if it goes bad.
<br /> 990
<br /> 991 Ward Marotti: Well, I would go back and point to that private utility, because if that well itself, if the pump or
<br /> 992 another part of the hard infrastructure for that system fails,that utility is going to be there to fix it,
<br /> 993 whether it's a replacement of the pump or some of the piping or the conveyance system or
<br /> 994 whatever other utility component fails,the onus is on that private sector utility to replace that, and
<br /> 995 have implementation in a timely manner.
<br /> 996
<br /> 997 Beth Trahos: We have that slide, as well, that shows how much water exceeds the state requirements.
<br /> 998
<br /> 999 Ward Marotti: And I think, like you said,you're concerned with regard to capacity, and interaction between the
<br /> 1000 aquifers isn't so much of a concern to you with regard to having provided that.
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<br /> 1002 David Barcal: I'm David Barcal. Since we're doing the design of the well system,we can get to that, but, right
<br /> 1003 now we'd be looking at a design by the public water sector,the number of connections you can
<br /> 1004 have,you have to have .56 gallons per connection. We're proposing 1 gallon per connection. So,
<br /> 1005 we're already doubling the draw of that, and then you look at your storage requirements,which
<br /> 1006 you look at what you're drawing versus what your peak demands are. If you were to do those
<br /> 1007 calculations,you'd have a minimal amount of storage required from the public water sector for
<br /> 1008 this. Because it's going to be owned by a private utility,they require nothing less than a 5,400-
<br /> 1009 gallon hydropneumatics tank. So,there's built-in storage within their storage tank onsite, and then
<br /> 1010 like Ward was mentioning, they're going to be responsible much like if you have a utility and your
<br /> 1011 water main breaks, they have to shut off that section of the water main, and that neighborhood all
<br /> 1012 of a sudden doesn't have water. It's going to be the same—
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<br /> 1014 Venkat Yendapalli: But here it's all one valve, and the pumps can go bad, and a lot of things can go bad here, like, the
<br /> 1015 gentleman was touching on earlier, and the company,Aqua was referenced last time, I'm
<br /> 1016 assuming,Aqua is involved here as well, and they have a lot of experience, but it takes time to
<br /> 1017 restore the power water supply. It can't be done just like that, and I have seen it myself firsthand.
<br /> 1018 Pulling a 600-feet deep well pump out and fixing it and putting back, it takes time.Anyway, I'm
<br /> 1019 assuming that Environmental Health and other departments look into these in details. It's not the
<br /> 1020 Planning Board's responsibility to vet those things here right here. But in general, I have a
<br /> 1021 question on the septic fields and repair fields. Do you have any concept plans to share that they
<br /> 1022 can be accommodated?
<br /> 1023
<br /> 1024 David Barcal: We did, so,we looked at the overall site, overlaid the usable green, conventional soils. Yellow is
<br /> 1025 low-profile soils, so,still good for chamber systems, but we focused just on the conventional. So,
<br /> 1026 we looked at four different sites and laid them out for four-bedroom homes, .25 LTAR,which is
<br /> 1027 kind of a low end for conventional soils, and we were able to, at least using the survey data, lay
<br /> 1028 the lines out on contour and make it work with all the setbacks, building footprints, Orange County
<br /> 1029 setbacks to property lines, building foundations,driveways,tanks,that sort of thing.
<br /> 1030
<br /> 1031 Venkat Yendapalli: Okay, so,you're quoting 1 gallon per minute per house. Does it accommodate their irrigation
<br /> 1032 needs and, and water and all that? Is there enough pressure for them to, get their yards and lawns
<br /> 1033 and whatever.
<br /> 1034
<br /> 1035 David Barcal: If you look at the state rule, public water sector, the way they look at it,they just look at the
<br /> 1036 potable water use, not the irrigation use,which is why you get the .56 gallons per minute that they
<br /> 1037 require. A lot of the private utilities have taken it upon themselves to up that requirement,so,they
<br /> 1038 won't actually, most of them will not accept the system with less than 1 gallon per connection to
<br /> 1039 make up for that irrigation. So, that's the reason why they have that higher standard, so they can
<br /> 1040 meet the pressure demands of the neighborhood. People want nice, irrigated yards and that.
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