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65 <br /> Commissioner Questions cont. <br /> • Reliability? Failure Rates? <br /> • The strict requirements of NC DEQ help provide confidence that at the <br /> end of drawdown testing with water quality results, you have a final idea <br /> of long-term sustainability. However, any aquifer is subject to change with <br /> continued human or natural forces acting on it. <br /> • Aquifer change versus well change will vary per well. <br /> • In face of climate change? <br /> • This is going to be a site-specific discussion, but most wells in the <br /> Piedmont are going to be influenced by immediate anthropogenic forcings <br /> to a greater degree than global scale climate change. <br />