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i../ KI KLEINFELDER NITRATE LOADING CALCULATIONS Per SJCPHS/EHD requirements, the following summarizes our nitrate loading calculations for the proposed leach field. The State drinking water standard for nitrate is 45 milligrams per liter (NO3) and 10 mg/1 as Nitrogen(N) in groundwater. In our evaluation of nitrate loading, we have used the Hantzsche mass balance equation (source: Predicting Ground-Water Nitrate-Nitrogen Impacts, Hantzsche and Finnemore (1992)), which is presented below with an explanation for each factor and the value used in our study. The selection of parameters was based on previous studies and investigations performed by our firm and others, San Joaquin County Sewage Standards, communications with Mr. Mike Huggins with the SJCPHS/EHD, and information provided in a report dated March 19, 1997 prepared by the Questa Engineering Corporation and authored by Mr. Hantzsche for a development in the Stockton area. Ne =AWNw 1-D + R AW+R Where: Nc = Average calculated nitrate-nitrogen in groundwater resulting from domestic sources and precipitation—mg/1, as N A = Number of dwelling units per acre on septic tanks (unit/acre) = 0.420 (estimated based on an estimated water usage of 750 gal./day, a typical water usage for 50 employees at 15 gal/employee per the SJCPHS/EHD Sewage Standards divided by 150 gal./day to obtain an equivalent number of homes, divided by 11.9 acres) W = Annual wastewater loading per dwelling unit per acre (inches) = 2.0 inches (per year per dwelling unit assuming a flow of 150 gal./day/dwelling unit) Nw = Nitrate concentration of nitrified leachfield effluent (mg/1) = 70 mg/1 typical (communication with Mr. Mike Huggins with SHCPHS/EHD) D = Percent dentrification of leachfield effluent = 0.25 percent (0.1 to 0.35 percent typical per Hantzsche and Finnemore ([1992]). R = Annual deep percolation of precipitation (inches) = 4.55 inches (representing 35 percent of average annual rainfall of 13 inches in project area. Remaining 65 percent of rainfall is assumed to drain off-site into natural or manmade drainages) Nb = Background nitrate nitrogen concentration of rainfall recharge at the water table = 0.5 mg/1 (per Technical Memorandum, Hydrologic and Soil Investigation for the Chico Urban Area,page 6, Dames and Moore, April 1996) Our calculation is as follows: Nc = 0.420(2)(70)(1 —0.25,)+0.5(4.55) = 44.1 +2.275 = 8.6 mg/1 as N 0.420(2)+4.55 0.840+4.55 18492.G01/ST02R254 July 18,2002 ©2002 Klemfelder,Inc. Page 3 of 4