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Exhibit "3" <br /> Current Sanitary Wastewater System: <br /> Sanitary wastewater is generated at the tasting room, washrooms and toilets, and a lunchroom <br /> (no cafeteria). The Facility is serviced by six separate septic systems that are permitted by the <br /> San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department. <br /> The summary below details the process water system of the facility at the completion of the <br /> modifications to the process water system. <br /> 1 .1 Proposed Process Water Management <br /> DFV's modified process water management system's goal is to improve groundwater protection. <br /> Conceptually, process water will be pumped from the existing sumps, through a solids <br /> settling/removal system, through a large storage area, and to an expanded LAA that includes <br /> site vineyards. The solids settling/removal system and new storage system will improve <br /> irrigation management on the expanded LAA and will take into account the facility's water usage <br /> during its highest usage (harvest) and the common rain seasons of the area. Improvements to <br /> the process water management system are described below. <br /> 1 .1 .1 Solids Settling/Removal <br /> A solids settling/removal system will be used to remove debris (such as grape skins and seeds) <br /> and spent DE from the process water prior to land application. Process water will be pumped <br /> from the sumps to a small basin and screen. The screen will remove debris from the basin and <br /> overflow from the basin will be discharged to a storage facility. DE that settles in the basin will <br /> be removed on an as-needed basis. <br /> 1.1.2 Process Water Storage <br /> To facilitate process water management for irrigation, storage facilities will be constructed that <br /> will provide approximately three to four days storage prior to land application. Water from the <br /> solids settling/removal system will flow to the storage facilities which will be fitted with an <br /> aeration system for odor control. <br /> 1.1 .3 Stormwater Management <br /> To prevent inundation of the solids settling/removal and storage system with stormwater, <br /> stormwater will bypass the systems and discharge directly to the LAA. Stormwater will be <br /> identified by the presence of precipitation and minimal operations in one or more of the sump <br /> catchment areas. For example, sumps 3 and 4 capture process water primarily from tank farm <br /> and warehouse areas, therefore, when tank cleaning is not occurring in a given area, flows that <br /> are captured by the sumps will primarily represent stormwater. <br /> 1 .1 .4 Expanded Land Application <br /> The existing 20 acre LAA will be expanded to include 111 acres of site vineyards (see Figure 7). <br /> Adding the vineyards to the land application program will improve process water management <br /> so that cropping of the existing 20 acre LAA can be accomplished. During the growing season <br /> of the vineyards the process water will also be supplemented with the current watering <br /> infrastructure of the vineyards to further improve the protection of groundwater. The combined <br /> 130 acre LAA will significantly decrease the hydraulic and constituent loadings to land and <br /> Delicate Family Vineyards Exhibit 3.doc <br /> 11/21/2011 <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br />