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PAGE 6 IX. CONCLUSION: BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE ABOVE TEST DATA, THE FOLLOWING WERE DETERMINED; A) THE NITRATE LEVELS AT THE EXISTING WELL WAS 150 . CONFIRMATION WITH MS. LINDA TURKATTE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NITRATE LEVEL EXCEEDED THE COUNTY STANDARD OF 50 FOR A PUBLIC WELL SYSTEM THAT IS ADDRESSING A LARGE OCCUPANCY; BUT THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT AT PRESENT SINCE THE OCCUPANCY LOAD SERVICE IS VERY LOW. MS. TURKATTE CONVEYED THAT A WARNING PAMPHLET WOULD BE SENT TO THE OWNER TO CONVEY THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY'S CONCERNS OF THE HIGH NITRATE CONDITION, AND THAT MOST LIKELY A NEW WATER SOURCE WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT IN THE FUTURE IF / WHEN THE OCCUPANCY LOAD FACTOR WARRANTED THE NEW WATER SOURCE. B) BASED UPON THE PERCOLATION TEST, ABOVE EQUATIONS, AND THE HISTORY OF THE SITE, IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE SITE'S GROUND WATER QUALITY WILL BE MAINTAINED, AND MAY IMPROVE DUE TO THE REMOVAL OF THE PRIOR DAIRY FACILITY AND THAT THE SITE IS ACCEPTABLE FOR THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED SEPTIC SYSTEM. C) BASED ON THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT OF THE WINERY AND ITS CURRENT CAPABILITIES, THERE IS MINIMAL OUTPUT OF NITRATES OR ANY OF ITS COMPOUNDS. ALL POSSIBLE THREATENING WINEMAKING PROCESS BYPRODUCTS ARE DISPOSED OF IN A WAY WHICH DOES NOT �- AFFECT THE IMMEDIATE GROUNDWATER. THE PRODUCTS PUMPED INTO THE DRAINAGE POND ONLY CONTAIN MINUTE TRACES OF NITRATES. ALL OTHER HARMFUL CHEMICALS OR COMPOUNDS ARE MODIFIED BY EVAPORATION AND SUN-LIGHT. CHEMICAL SEEPAGE IN THE POND IS KEPT TO A MINIMUM DUE TO THE COATING OF THE POND THUS REMOVING THE POSSIBILITY FOR WATER TABLE CONTAMINATION (SEE WINERY UTILITIES PLANNING, DESIGN AND OPERATION. BY DAVID R. STORM. 1997 . 236-240) D) REFER TO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY'S GROUND WATER FLOW MAP, APPENDIX "I" AND SECTION VI ABOVE. ALL UPGRADIENT WATER SYSTEMS ARE LOW DEMAND IN USE AND AT DISTANCES WHICH WILL NOT CHANGE THE GRADIENT OF FLOW ENOUGH TO CAUSE CONCERN (REFER TO APPENDIX "G" FOR THE LOCATION OF THE WELLS IN THE LOCALITY) . ALL NEIGHBORING WELLS AND WATER SYSTEMS ARE AT DISTANCES WHICH ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED SEPTIC SYSTEMS BASED UPON THEIR DISTANCE TO CAUSE A DOWN DRAIN EFFECT. E) IT WAS DETERMINED (REF; ITEM #VI ABOVE AND THE UNDERGROUND WATER TABLE MAP, REFER TO APPENDIX "I" ) THE FOLLOWING; 1 . THERE DOES NOT EXIST ANY UNDERGROUND AQUIFERS. 2 . SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS OF THE WATER TABLE AND ITS CHANGE IN GRADIENT IS MINIMAL. F) THE WATER TABLE DEPTHS FROM THE TESTING NOTED ABOVE INDICATED THAT THE WATER LEVEL SLOPES TO THE SOUTH. IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE GROUND WATER MIGRATES TO THE SOUTH.