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DEPTH OF WATER TABLE : <br /> AVERAGE NATURAL GROUND ELEVATION = 30 <br /> AVERAGE WATER TABLE ELEVATION = 10 <br /> DEPTH TO WATER TABLE = 20 <br /> HISTORY OF PAST USES IN PROJECT AREA : <br /> THE PAST AND CURRENT USE OF THE PROJECT SITE AND THE AREAS SURROUNDING <br /> IT IS AGRICULTURAL . <br /> INTENSITY AND EXTENT OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT : <br /> THE OWNER IS SUBDIVIDING APPROXIMATELY 254 . 4 ACRES INTO 6 PARCELS . <br /> EACH PARCEL IS APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES OF ROW CROPS . PARCEL 1 ALREADY <br /> HAS A HOME AND SOME ACCESORY BUILDINGS . THE EXTENT OF THIS PROJECT IS <br /> TO BUILD A HOMESITE ON EACH OF THE REMAINING PARCELS. <br /> ENGINEER ' S OPINION OF SOIL SUITABILITY: <br /> A PERCOLATION TEST WAS PERFORMED ON ALL OF THE PARCELS. THE TESTS FOR <br /> PARCELS 1 , 2 AND 6 DID NOT PASS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED PERCOLATION RATE <br /> AND WERE RETESTED AT THE LOCATIONS SHOWN ON MAP ( SHEET 9 ) . A POSSIBLE <br /> EXPLANATION FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED TESTS FAILING IS THAT THE GROUND IN <br /> THE AREA IN WHICH THESE TESTS WERE PERFORMED COULD OF BEEN COMPACTED BY <br /> THE OPERATION OF HEAVEY EQUIPMENT AT THE TIME THE HIGHWAY WAS <br /> CONSTRUCTED . <br /> FROM THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN , WE FIND THAT THE SOIL AT THIS <br /> PROJECT SITE IS SUITABLE FOR THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED DOMESTIC SEPTIC <br /> SYSTEMS AND THAT THE USE OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE <br /> QUALITY OF THE GROUND WATER . <br /> SHEET 1 <br />