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Nestle USA, Inc., Ripon, California March 31, 2011 2010 Annual Report 3.1 WELL NETWORK FOR GROUNDWATER MONITORING The following table summarizes the well owner, well type, aquifer zone, and monitoring frequency for wells currently included in Nestle's monitoring program. Monitoring Frequency Well Owner Well Type Aquifer Number of Monthly Wells or Bi- Quarterly semi Biennial weekly Annual Upper 55 23 3 17 12 Nestle Monitoring Intermediate 37 17 6 14 - Lower 19 15 3 1 Upper 5 2 3 - Nestle Extraction Intermediate 1 - 1 Lower 0 - - Upper/Int. 1 1 Intermediate 2 2 City of Ripon Municipal Int./Lower 3 2 1 Potable Lower 1 - 1 Unknown 1 1 - City of Ripon Municipal Upper/Int./Lower 1 1 Non-Potable Intermediate 1 1 Intermediate 1 Gauge - - - City of Ripon Municipal Only Monitoring Unknown 1 Gauge Only Former Neenah Industrial Intermediate 1 1 Paper Company Int/Lower 1 1 - Upper 2 1 - 1 Former Neenah Monitoring Intermediate 3 2 1 Paper Company Lower 1 - - 1 Upper 1 - 1 Private Company Irrigation Intermediate 2 1 1 - or Resident Unknown 1 - - - 1 Upper 2 1 1 - Private Company Potable Intermediate 4 3 1 or Resident Lower 1 1 - - Unknown 10 2 4 - 4 - TOTAL: 158 1 8 1 78 1 18 42 12 As shown in the table above, the monitoring well network includes: • Wells installed by Nestle, • Private wells located on the north and south sides of the Stanislaus River, • Production wells and test holes located on the former Neenah Paper Company property (now owned by Diamond Pet Food Processors of Ripon, LLC (Diamond Pet Food)), • Private wells with wellhead treatment systems • Supply wells operated by the City of Ripon, and • Nestle extraction wells used for groundwater remediation. 8