The requirements for maintaining the springs as a drinking water source include persistent coliform tests. Ron Ross stated that this was done in 1994. Dennis stated that Cory Gentry with the Division is one of the engineers that checks on the construction of the springbox, and would be the one to contact if we wanted more information regarding the actual construction. Dennis went onto discuss that the wells are not as vulnerable as the springs. Discussion of the types of chemicals in water followed e.g. sulfates, chlorate, iron, magnesium.
Rainwater has few dissolved solids.
The reason that dissolved solids are found in spring water is due to the longer residence time. Dennis discussed capture zones. He assumed that the geologic control in the watershed was horizontal. He approached the issue of capture zones from a conservative assumption. There was a large flat area, two square miles.