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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
Comments and Public Hearings on Draft Edition
Where a publication is of general interest or its subject is one on which
there can be a diversity of opinion, it is the policy of the Department of
Water Resources to issue it in preliminary form and solicit comments from
interested organizations and individuals and the general public. Since the
standards for the construction of wells and the destruction of abandoned
wells recommended herein are for application throughout the State, and
because they are specified by many counties and cities (in ordinances or
regulations), a draft edition was prepared and distributed for comment (April
14, 1981). In addition, four public hearings or meetings (of an informal
nature) were held to obtain the views of persons interested in, or concerned
with, the construction and use of water wells. These hearings were conducted
in cooperation with the Department of Health Services represented by its
Sanitary Engineering Section since this report contains provisions which
pertain to the public health aspects of water well construction. The
hearings were held during June 1981 at Berkeley, Fresno, Redding, and Los
Angeles. In response to a number of requests, the comment period was
extended to September 1981.
Fifty-five persons representing 33 individuals and organizations attended the
four hearings. Five formal (written) statements were presented and 16
persons commented verbally. In addition, written comments were received from
33 other organizations and individuals. Those submitting written comments
are listed in Table 5. Copies of the written comments are available for
inspection in the Department's file in Sacramento.
TABLE 5
ORGANIZATION SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS
ON DRAFT OF BULLETIN 74-81
| Organization |
Representative |
Date of
Comments |
Alameda County Water District
Associated Drilling Contractors
Associated Drilling Contractors, Tri Counties Branch
Associated Drilling Contractors, Tri Counties Branch
Associated Drilling Contractors
Ballard & Foote Drilling
Buena Vista Water Storage District
C & N Pump and Well Company
California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Central Valley Region
California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Los Angeles Region
California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
San Francisco Bay Region
California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
Santa Ana Region
California Water Service Company
Clark Well & Equipment Company, Inc.
Coachella Valley Water District
DeLucchi Well & Pump, Inc.
Dougherty Pump & Drilling
Dow Chemical U.S.A.
Fresno County Department of Health
Robert Garcia Well & Pump Company
Harding-Lawson Associates
Richard A. Hendry, Attorney-at-Law
Michael F. Hoover
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Luhdorff & Scalmanini
Monterey Co. Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Department of the Navy
Placer County Health Department
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Santa Cruz County Environmental Health Services
Southern California Water Company
Stanislaus County Department of Environmental Resources
State Water Resources Control Board
Joseph B. Summers, Civil Engineer, Inc.
Joseph B. Summers, Civil Engineer, Inc.
Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District 1
Ventura County Environmental Health Department
Ventura County Public Works Agency
Water Well Surveys
Well Products West, Inc.
Well Products West, Inc.
Woodward-Clyde Consultants |
E. L. Lenahan
D. D. Mickel
R. L. Strahan
R. L. Strahan
D. B. Trunnell
R. H. Foote Jr.
H. K. Russell
F. Clough
W. S. Johnson
R. M. Hertel
S.R. Ritchie
R. R. Nicklen
G. W. Adrian
R. L. Clark
L. O. Weeks
J. DeLucchi
C. L. Fasnacht
J. Jones
C. Auernheimer
R. E. Garcia
F. C. Kresse
R. A. Hendry
M. F. Hoover
N. F. Hauret
E. E. Luhdroff Jr.
R. R. Smith
W. N. Sorbo
M. A. Winston
J. L. Richardson
L. R. Talley
D. F. Kostas
J. Aud
C. Whitney
J. B. Summers
R. L. Reynolds
B. L. Graham
D. W. Koepp
G. J. Nowalk
W. C. Wigley
C. Willis
C. Willis
J. A. Gilman |
5/19/81
8/7/81
6/9/81
9/14/81
5/20/81
7/28/81
6/10/81
5/1/81
8/27/81
9/10/81
5/20/81
6/8/81
8/5/81
9/3/81
6/8/81
6/25/81
6/13/81
6/11/81
6/4/81
8/28/81
8/28/81
6/19/81
5/20/81
6/10/81
6/10/81
6/9/81
6/17/81
8/28/81
7/9/81
5/28/81
8/20/81
6/25/81
6/16/81
6/5/81
8/28/81
6/5/81
6/8/81
8/14/81
6/16/81
6/12/81
8/4/81
6/24/81
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All comments were carefully reviewed and considered. As might be expected,
opinions differed on the applicability of certain standards, guidelines, and
procedures. There is, of course, some validity in each point-of-view, which
forms the basis for reconsideration. Many comments were incorporated in this
final draft. Others were not used for various reasons. Most of the comments
dealt mainly with (1) the standards in Chapter II (following) more
specifically Sections 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21 and 23; (2) the Design and
Performance Guidelines section of this chapter; and (3) Appendixes B, C and
D, which deal with methods and procedures.
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