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Council Meeting Minutes December 13, 19 8 1 Page 14 Council Busines continued Williams thanke Captain Connor for his presentation. Ross asked "i the Army is concerned about contami nati ng the Hinckley with t e new well, would it be your recommendation that we discontinue our other Hinckley wells and the Army drill us new wells in the Jordan". Connor "sir, our recommendation is that you mlnlmlze the use and there i nothing that suggests at this time that the use of existing wells has caused the problem. If you look at the map of Exhibit D, the proposed Well #13 is in a totally different area, it's not locate anywhere near the existing wells. Nobody has a map of what 1 ays u derground, its not beyond the possi bil ity in that area you may bin the regi on of a natural occurri ng fracture. Pumping in that region, may draw water down from the Jordan into the Hinckley. We are certainly hoping that the City will minimize the use of its exis ing wells, and again that this why the Army required the City to us 80% GAC treated water. As part of the settlement agreement, if the City finds at a later date that it needs additional pro uction of water capacity, the Army will pay the incremental co ts associated with this. There are some costs associated with supply and production capacity which the City will bear. If it is a cost, associated with contamination, the Army would pay those costs". 1 A letter from M . Adamkus, Regional Administrator, EPA, stated that $113,000 had b en obligated in the planning and designing of Well #13. The City's costs were included in the settlement. Which included costs of land, some preliminary engineering work. John Drawz, Cit Attorney, said EPA made a request on September 30, 1988, for the i ty to pay $14,000. Si nda confi rmed the Ci ty had sent the requested $14,000 to EPA two months ago. Williams asked if pumping out the upper aquifer makes sense, would it be a good id a to hook-up Well #7 to a carbon filtration system?" Connor replied that this was considered, but Carbon filtration is expensive. Un er the law, the water which could be produced from Well #7 is dri kable. It wouldn't necessary make sense to use up more capacity f r the carbon vessels with water that is at 1.9 ppb. The Army feels he area that is most contaminated should be treated. The Army chose ells #3, 4, 5, 6 because operationally it was easier to group them, and these wells appear to be in the center of the plume. I Council Business Presentation of EPA Covering Replacement of Well #7 Report 88-349