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185 <br /> Approved 10.1.25 <br /> 935 <br /> 936 Venkat Yendapalli: Okay, so,you're quoting 1 gallon per minute per house. Does it accommodate their irrigation <br /> 937 needs and, and water and all that? Is there enough pressure for them to,get their yards and lawns <br /> 938 and whatever. <br /> 939 <br /> 940 David Barcal: If you look at the state rule, public water sector, the way they look at it, they just look at the <br /> 941 potable water use, not the irrigation use,which is why you get the .56 gallons per minute that they <br /> 942 require. A lot of the private utilities have taken it upon themselves to up that requirement, so, they <br /> 943 won't actually, most of them will not accept the system with less than 1 gallon per connection to <br /> 944 make up for that irrigation. So, that's the reason why they have that higher standard,so they can <br /> 945 meet the pressure demands of the neighborhood. People want nice, irrigated yards and that. <br /> 946 <br /> 947 Venkat Yendapalli: Okay. Thank you. <br /> 948 <br /> 949 Beth Bronson: Sorry if you don't mind just staying up there for just a minute. Is it okay if I go over my questions, <br /> 950 then? <br /> 951 <br /> 952 David Barcal: Oh, yeah, go ahead. <br /> 953 <br /> 954 Beth Bronson: So,you were saying that the requirement is .5 gallons per minute. <br /> 955 <br /> 956 David Barcal: What they do is, if you look at public water standard they say 400 gallons per day per connection, <br /> 957 and then they assume 12 hours of pump time for your well. They do 400 divided by 12, divided by <br /> 958 60. That gets you the .555 gallons per minute. <br /> 959 <br /> 960 Beth Bronson: You're not talking about your actual output. <br /> 961 <br /> 962 David Barcal: Yeah. So, that's the output of the actual well. What it has to do per connection. <br /> 963 <br /> 964 Beth Bronson: And this may be a question for you and for Ward, too, because it's, it's well and septic related, so, <br /> 965 with the well,you are asking for, it's at 600 feet, and it was over 80 gallons per minute, right?The <br /> 966 idea being that this community well will service 49 four-bedroom homes? <br /> 967 <br /> 968 David Barcal: Yes. <br /> 969 <br /> 970 Beth Bronson: That's correct? The idea that you wouldn't be at half a gallon a minute if all 49 people turned their <br /> 971 well on or turned their water on at the same time. <br /> 972 <br /> 973 David Barcal: The way public water looks at it,the number of connections you're allowed is one thing. So,that's <br /> 974 the .56. Then they have you look at your peak demand storage,which in this case we have been <br /> 975 proposing a 5,400-gallon hydromatic tank. So,the rule says, basically,you take your peak <br /> 976 demand minus the yield of your well, and then you times it by 20 minutes,and then,there's a <br /> 977 formula to come up with your minimum amount of volume you have to be able to push out of your <br /> 978 storage tank. <br /> 979 <br /> 980 Beth Bronson: This makes sense. Yes. <br /> 981 <br /> 982 David Barcal: That's what size is to meet your peak demand, so, like, you're saying,you get everyone showering <br /> 983 at 7 a.m. and then,or everyone using their water at night. <br /> 984 <br /> 985 Ward Marotti: Just let me clarify. It's not coming from the withdrawal well to the house. It's through the storage <br /> 986 tank and thereby accommodates peak flow,yes. <br /> 987 <br />