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6 'T. <br /> : 1 /Z- <br /> 0 <br /> a <br /> WATER {)TIALI TY ASPECTS <br /> Thern has been no prv%'ic►uc; cf�.rt.i f icaLlon of the wate <br /> quality aspects of this project , Ponald Van de Pol., Land <br /> and. Water Use Analyst , and Tbendoi-o Fenner, Water Quality <br /> Control Engineer, both frt;►n California Pegi.onal l,'ater Quality <br /> Control Board , have visited the sites At the time of their <br /> visit , the only part of the pre►poso4 project that was in <br /> operation was cannery-waste spreading. Their report indicates <br /> that they found no evidence, of water quality problems. At <br /> that time , they were notasked to evaluaL,, water quality aspects <br /> of other portions of the project. <br /> USE OF ENEPCY AND CONSI:'RVATION OF ENERGY MEASURES <br /> The project will use significant amounts of diesel fuel <br /> and petroleum lubricants to run the fleet of trucks which <br /> haul cannery wastes from the Stockton Area to the T. B. Ranch. <br /> Average haul distances will he approximately- 50 miles (round <br /> trip) for 15 loads day during3 months and 5 loads,/day during <br /> 9 months. That means a yeaH % total mileage of around 100,000 <br /> miles. Assuming the diesel. trucks average 7 m.p. g. , the total <br /> diesel consumption would be a little over 14 ,000 gallons for <br /> the year. <br /> The use of diesel for tractors on the project site will <br /> be relatively minor. There will be some use of electricity for <br /> irrigation pumps . Just how much will he needed is difficult <br /> to ascertain. There is m potential for using one pump for <br /> each of the three wells on the property plcs a pump for each <br /> of the two reservoirs and for slung holes plannod in the catch- <br /> ment trench downcl ►ape of the irrigated acture. If all the <br /> potential pumps were oper.atir-.r at once Msuining four. Shp and <br /> four 1-hp submersible pumps for example) , the total elec- <br /> trical use would be about 30 ki.lor�att:, /hc,ur. <br /> i <br /> The major aspects of this project are energy ( fuel) con- <br /> serving. The use of cannery %va.stes for fertilizer instead of <br /> using synthetic fert ( thc most likely alternative) , <br /> saves the fuel needed to produce the synthetics , as well as <br /> the fuel needed to bury tine cannery wastes in a landfill. <br /> Whether or not this fuel consumption exceeds the diesel for <br /> trucking the waste is difficult to assesF. . <br /> 'y/ <br />