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The percentage of the tested area is, therefore, <br />Aland zll . 100% —0.35 % <br />Asurveyed <br />IT IS UNACCEPTABLY SMALL. <br />Problems with the Conducted <br />Hydrologic Characterization <br />1. Only much less than 0.5% of the proposed area has <br />been hydrologically tested. <br />2. Although the slug test method, used in the hydrologic <br />characterization along with the Bouwer and Rice in- <br />terpretation methodology provide the fastest way to <br />conduct such characterization, THEY ARE THE <br />LEAST ACCURATE, as demonstrated in a re- <br />cently published book: <br />• James J. Butler, The Design, Performance, and <br />Analysis of Slug Tests, CRC Press, New York, pp. <br />252, 1998 <br />• Hyder, Z., and J.J. Butler, Slug tests in unconfined <br />formations - an assessment of the Bouwer and Rice <br />Technique, Ground Water, 33(1), 16 -22, 1995. <br />QUOTE FROM THE Abstract: <br />9 <br />