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Below is the evaluation summary for the 818 E. French Camp Rd., French Camp Irrigation Well (APN 17749088)-well permit application. The evaluation, with assumptions as noted, indicates that the proposed Irrigation well is located in an area of low domestic/residential well density (65 wells per section), General Plan designation R/L (2.1- 6 Dwelling units per acre) but is not likely to interfere significantly with existing off-site wells, create unreasonable groundwater level declines/reductions in aquifer storage or to create issues with infrastructure due to subsidence and it can be approved pending any other issues that you might have with the application. Summary: - The applicant proposes: well depth of 280 feet, a well grout seal of 50 feet with extraction rate— 150 GPM with anticipated pumping schedule 35,000 Gal/day in a 15-acre lot. - Proposed new well is in an area of low domestic/residential (2.1—6 Dwelling units per acre) well density(36 wells per section).At least one domestic well is located approximately 674 feet North of the proposed Ag well - Based on the extraction rate of 250 GPM, The Theis drawdown chart predicts less than 5 feet of drawdown if the well is more than 0.5 feet away from proposed well. - Online databases do not specify any irrigation wells located within 60 feet of the proposed well location. Review of aerial imagery indicates an irrigation well is present approximately 2200 feet West. - Groundwater levels estimated by DWR well data range between 25 (1/3/200)to 46 (10/24/2022) foot below ground surface over the past fifty years. Water levels fluctuate approximately 1 to 6 feet between seasonal high and low levels. - The permit application proposes a minimum well casing/grout seal of 50 feet and appears to target the Modesto-Riverbank aquifer with water-bearing zones anticipated to be under unconfined to locally confined conditions. - The annual total extracted volume is estimated to be approximately 13.1 million gallons, a peak pumping rate of 157 GPM, and an annualized/seasonal pumping rate of approximately 52 GPM. - The aquifer volume below the 15-acre parcel contains an estimated 938 acre-feet of water storage. The proposed extraction volume of 15 acre-feet per year is approximately 4.3 % of the estimated aquifer storage beneath the parcel without regard to recharge each season and is considered sustainable. - The proposed well is not located within the extents of the Corcoran Clay, subsurface water- bearing sediments are semi-consolidated to consolidated, and the proposed well is not located in an area where subsidence is currently indicated, therefore subsidence is unlikely to be of significance or to create issues.