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... GEOTECHNICAL <br /> NEIL O. ANDERSON ENVIRONMENTAL <br /> AND ASSOC IATES INSPECTIONS & TESTING <br /> LABORATORY SERVICES <br /> POOL ENGINEERING <br /> POST TENSION DESIGN <br /> June 14, 2005 <br /> NOA Project Number: E05066A <br /> PART II: NITRATE LOADING STUDY <br /> SJC APPLICATION NUMBER PA-04-177 <br /> HAMMER TRUCKING INC. <br /> 6318 EAST STATE ROUTE 12 <br /> LODI, CALIFORNIA <br /> 1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> Our office was contracted by Mr. Michael Staples of Hammer Trucking, Inc. to conduct a Nitrate <br /> Loading Study (NLS) for the property at 6318 East State Route 12,Lodi, California. Please refer to <br /> the relevant sections of the attached Soil Suitability Study (SSS) for introductory project details. <br /> To expedite San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department (EHD) review, the <br /> formatting of this report has been designed to follow, to the greatest degree possible, the <br /> structure of the EHD's Nitrate Loading Study Requirements Checklist, dated July 14, 2003. <br /> Because of concern regarding nitrate leaching into ground water from septic systems, a nitrate <br /> loading analysis was required by the EHD for the proposed development to measure the potential <br /> concentration of percolating effluent and rainfall over the long term. Where percolating effluent <br /> leaches into the ground,ground water quality may be impacted to some degree should the effluent <br /> reach ground water. <br /> The method utilized for the nitrate loading analysis is based on a simple mass balance formula, <br /> discussed in a published article by Hantzsche and Finnemore (1992),which provides a convenient <br /> and simplified method to estimate long-term ground-water nitrate impacts on an area-wide basis. <br /> Hantzsche and Finnemore found that over a long period of time,water quality in the upper <br /> saturated ground-water zone closely approximates the quality of percolating recharge waters. They <br /> believe that their method is a good planning tool and provides useful information to planners and <br /> local officials but with some real limitations. In their article published in Ground Wlater, Hantzsche <br /> 1 <br /> LODI ■ SACRAMENTO ■ MODESTO ■ RENO <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION 902 Industrial Way,Lodi,California 95240 ■209.367.3701 ■ 209.369.4228 fax ■www.noanderson.com <br />