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during the summer which appear in the fall monitoring r program. This depletion is partially replenished each , spring with the Sierra Watersheds recharging the aquifers, combined with winter storm percolation. With the advent of intensified cultivation, irrigation practices have had greater impact upon the underground water supplies on a seasonal basis. Residential uses represent a constant draft on the water table. With increased residential growth the cumulative impact will be to withdraw greater quantities of groundwater and return less of it through percolation. This, then, decreases the amount of water to replenish water lost during summer irrigations. However small the amount may be in this particular case, the cumulative impact over say 20 years may cause nearby property owners to deepen their domestic wells in order to supply necessary grantities of water. One measure which could be used to mitigate this groundwater overdraft is to obtain water from surface sources. An example of this would be the proposal of the Stockton-East Water District. Contaminants from surface sources will not percolate into the groundwater supply. Domestic wells should be cased to protect drinking water from poor quality waters near the surface. Schools: As stated previously in the Report, this proposal falls within the Linden Unified School District. The neighborhood school which would normally service this development would be Waverly Elementary School, located on Wilmarth Road between Cherokee Lane and Waterloo Road. Children could walk or ride bicycles to Waverly School. According to the most recent data from the Stockton City Planning Department, 2.53 children per family household can be expected through- out the Metropolitan Stockton Area in new residential development. Please refer to data on the following two pages. The proposed 43 new units would create an influx of 109 when completed. Linden Unified School District could accommodate a proportionate mix of children. An influx of too many children at one grade level may cause a shift to occur in student loads if the District cannot afford new classrooms or more staff for Waverly. This may result in busing to other neighborhood schools such as Glenwood School on Alpine Road, just north of Highway 26, or Waterloo School on Pezzi Road, just north of Highway 88 in waterloo. Linden High School has space available to handle a few more students as long as they are spaced out proportionately throughout all the grade levels (9-12) . Due to declining birth rates, the population of Linden Unified School District has been declining in the elementary grades and enrollments have been lower. In 2-3 years the district expects the high school enrollments to decrease. -2-