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20 July 2021 AdvancedGeo <br /> Project No. 21-6486 An Employee-Owned Company <br /> Page 5 of 15 <br /> 3.6. PROPOSED MAXIMUM SEPTIC TANK USAGE ON SITE <br /> The current residences on the property have a total of eight (8) bedrooms and utilize the <br /> existing septic systems 365 days per year. The existing septic systems will not be altered <br /> from their current configurations. The average and reasonable maximum usage of <br /> wastewater for a home by residents is 100 gallons per day (gpd) for the first bedroom in <br /> each residence and 50 gpd for each additional bedroom for a total of 500 gpd between <br /> the two residences on the subject property. <br /> The new proposed septic system is planned to be located in the south-central portion of <br /> the property over 100 feet away from the existing onsite domestic water wells and the <br /> surrounding water wells. The proposed septic system will service the planned three- <br /> bedroom modular home to be developed on the property. The proposed septic system <br /> will be used by the three-bedroom residence 365 days per year. The average and <br /> reasonable maximum usage of wastewater for a three-bedroom home by residents is <br /> 100 gpd for the first bedroom and 50 gpd for each additional bedroom for a total of <br /> 200 gpd. <br /> 4.0. GROUNDWATER INFORMATION - REGIONAL HYDROGEOLOGY <br /> The Geologic Map of California, published in 1966 by the California Department of <br /> Conservation Division of Mines and Geology, shows the site area within the Great Valley <br /> Syncline (GVS), a large, elongate, northwest trending structural trough. The GVS is <br /> subdivided into two major divisions designated the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, <br /> which have been filled to the present elevation with thick sequences of sediment ranging <br /> in age from Jurassic to present day, creating a nearly flat-lying alluvial plain extending <br /> from the Tehachapi Mountains in the south to the Klamath Mountains in the north. The <br /> western and eastern boundaries of this province are comprised of the California Coast <br /> Range and the Sierra Nevada, respectively. Geologically, the area around the property <br /> generally consists of Holocene-aged flood-basin deposits of clay, silt, and sand. Miocene <br /> to Holocene age-units are located in the surrounding area. <br /> These deposits are heterogeneous mix of generally poorly sorted clay, silt, sand, and <br /> gravel with some beds of claystone, siltstone, sandstone, and conglomerate (1986). Most <br /> of the fresh groundwater in the Central Valley is contained in the post-Eocene-aged <br /> continental rocks and deposits and in the Holocene-aged river deposits consisting of <br /> gravel, sand, silt, and minor amounts of clay. In general, these geologic materials <br /> comprise a major widespread aquifer extending hundreds of feet deep and occasionally <br /> containing individual confining layers. The Modesto, Riverbank, Turlock Lake Formations <br /> and overlying recent alluvium are the principal source of domestic groundwater in the <br /> 13,500-square mile San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Basin (Basin 5-22). This basin is <br /> drained primarily by the San Joaquin River, which is approximately 10.5 miles southwest <br /> of the subject property. The nearest surface water feature to the site is Bear Creek, which <br /> is approximately 1.75 miles south of the subject property. <br />