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GEOTECHNICAL <br /> NEIL O. ANDERSON ENVIRONMENTAL <br /> AN D ASSOCIATES INSPECTIONS & TESTING <br /> r. <br /> LABORATORY SERVICES <br /> POOL ENGINEERING <br /> POST TENSION DESIGN <br /> April 7,2006 <br /> NOA Project Number: E06020A <br /> Page 2 <br /> PART II: NITRATE LOADING STUDY <br /> SJC APPLICATION NUMBER PA-05-470 <br /> 21301 SOUTH REEVE ROAD <br /> TRACY, CALIFORNIA <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> Our office was contracted by Mr. Samad Aziz of Tracy to conduct a Nitrate Loading Study (NLS) <br /> for the property at 21301 South Reeve Road,Tracy, California. Please refer to the relevant sections <br /> of the attached Soil Suitability Study (SSS) for introductory project details. <br /> To expedite San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (EHD) review, the <br /> formatting of this report has been designed to follow, to the greatest degree possible, the <br /> structure of the EHD's Nitrate Loading Study Requirements Checklist, dated July 14,2003. <br /> Because of concern regarding nitrate leaching into ground water from septic systems, a nitrate <br /> loading analysis was required by the EHD for the proposed development to measure the potential <br /> concentration of percolating effluent and rain fall over the long term. Where percolating effluent <br /> leaches into the ground,ground water quality may be impacted to some degree should the effluent <br /> ` reach ground water. <br /> The method utilized for the nitrate loading analysis is based on a simple mass balance formula, <br /> _ discussed in a published article by Hantzsche and Finnemore (1992),which provides a convenient <br /> and simplified method to estimate long-term ground-water nitrate impacts on an area-wide basis. <br /> Hantzsche and Finnemore found that over a long period of time,water quality in the upper <br /> saturated ground-water zone closely approximates the quality of percolating recharge waters.They <br /> believe that their method is a good planning tool and provides useful information to planners and <br /> local officials but with some real limitations. In their article published in Ground Water, Hantzsche <br /> 2 <br /> LODI ■ SACRAMENTO ■ MODESTO <br /> I~ <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION 902 Industrial Way,Lodi,California 95240 ■209.367.3701 ■ 209.369.4228 ■www.noar <br />