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Lone Pine Montana State Park Transient Non-Community Public Water Supply PWSID # MT0043198 SOURCE WATER DELINEATION AND ASSESSMENT REPORT 02/03/03 Date of Report: 02/03/03 Merl Phillips Certified Operator Fish Wildlife and Parks 490 N. Meridian Road Kalispell, Montana 59901 phone: (406) 752-5501 (406) 751- 4758 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................... 4 PURPOSE................................................................................................................................... 4 LIMITATIONS................................................................................................................................4 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................... 5 THE COMMUNITY......................................................................................................................... 5 GEOGRAPHIC SETTING ................................................................................................................. 6 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCE WATER......................................................................... 7 THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY........................................................................................................ 7 WATER QUALITY ......................................................................................................................... 8 DELINEATION ............................................................................................................................ 9 HYDROGEOLOGIC CONDITIONS.................................................................................................... 9 CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND ASSUMPTIONS ................................................................................. 11 WELL INFORMATION.................................................................................................................. 11 DELINEATION METHODS, CRITERIA, AND RESULTS ................................................................... 12 INVENTORY .............................................................................................................................. 13 INVENTORY METHOD................................................................................................................. 13 INVENTORY RESULTS................................................................................................................. 14 INVENTORY UPDATE.................................................................................................................. 14 INVENTORY LIMITATIONS .......................................................................................................... 14 SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSESSMENT.......................................................................................... 15 REFERENCES............................................................................................................................ 16 GLOSSARY*............................................................................................................................... 17 APPENDICES............................................................................................................................. 19 APPENDIX A VICINITY MAP APPENDIX B PWS SITE PLAN APPENDIX F1 DELINEATION AND INVENTORY RESULTS APPENDIX F2 DELINEATION AND INVENTORY RESULTS APPENDIX G WELL LOGS APPENDIX I SANITARY SURVEY APPENDIX J SUPPORTING INFORMATION TABLE 1-1. EXISTING POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT ............................................ 5 TABLE 1-2. EXISTING POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT SERVED BY UTILITIES.6 2 TABLE 2-1. LIST OF GEOLOGIC OR HYDROGEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS NEAR THE........................................................................................................................................... 10 LONE PINE STATE PARK PWS AREA................................................................................ 10 TABLE 2-2. LIST OF GEOLOGIC OR HYDROGEOLOGIC MAPS AVAILABLE FOR THE........................................................................................................................................... 11 LONE PINE STATE PARK PWS AREA................................................................................ 11 TABLE 2-3. SOURCE WATER INFORMATION FOR LONE PINE STATE PARK PWS 12 TABLE 3-1. SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES FOR LONE PINE MONTANA STATE PARK ..................................................................................................... 14 3 INTRODUCTION This Delineation and Assessment Report was completed by HDR Engineering, Missoula, MT, with assistance from Land and Water Consulting, Kalispell, MT for: Lone Pine Montana State Park Water System PWSID MT0043198 Merl Phillips, Fish Wildlife and Parks, 490 Meridian Road, Kalispell, MT 59901 PURPOSE This report is intended to meet the technical requirements for the completion of the delineation and assessment report for the Lone Pine Montana State Park Water System as required by the Montana Source Water Protection Program (DEQ, 1999) and the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of 1996 (P.L. 104-182). The Montana Source Water Protection Program is intended to be a practical and cost-effective approach to protect public drinking water supplies from contamination. A major component of the Montana Source Water Protection Program is “delineation and assessment.” Delineation is a process of mapping source water protection areas, which contribute water used for drinking. Assessment involves identifying locations or regions in source water protection areas where contaminants may be generated, stored, or transported, and then assessing the relative potential for contamination of drinking water by these sources. The primary purpose of this source water delineation and assessment report is to provide information that helps the Lone Pine Montana State Park Water System protect its drinking water source. Limitations This report was prepared to assess threats to the Lone Pine Montana State Park Water System public water supply (PWS), and is based on published information and information obtained from local residents familiar with the community. The terms “drinking water supply” or “drinking water source” refer specifically to the source of the Lone Pine Montana State Park Water System public water supply and not any other public or private water supply. Also, not all potential or existing sources of groundwater or surface water contamination in the area of the Lone Pine Montana State Park Water System are identified. Only potential sources of contamination in areas estimated to contribute water to its drinking water source are considered. The term “contaminant” is used in this report to refer to constituents for which maximum concentration levels (MCLs) have been specified under the national primary drinking water standards, and to certain constituents that do not have MCLs but are considered to be significant health threats. 4 CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND The Community The Lone Pine Montana State Park Water System serves the Lone Pine Montana State Park visitor center and several private homes in the immediate vicinity. The water system is located approximately 4 miles southwest of the City of Kalispell near Foys Lake. The subdivision lies within the planning area that is designated in Water, Sewer and Storm Drainage Systems Facility Plan 2000, a document that was recently adopted by the City of Kalispell. This study area will be used to evaluate the water supply system characteristics and is shown on the map in Appendix A. The study area is bounded by the Flathead River on the east, the north border of Sections 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30 of Township 29 North, Range 21 West and Sections 25, 26, and 27 of Township 29 North, Range 22 West on the north, West Valley Drive on the west, Lower Valley Road and Foys Lake on the south. Kalispell serves as the population and commercial center of Flathead County and portions of four surrounding counties. Kalispell is the Flathead County seat. Major industrial, health care and government facilities are also located in the Kalispell area. The economic base of the Kalispell area and Flathead County is diverse. The county’s leading industries are wood products manufacturing, microelectronics manufacturing, metals refining, railroad, agriculture, tourism, and the federal government. The area is also attractive to retired individuals and the local retirement income represents a substantial and growing portion of the local economy. The area’s proximity to Glacier National Park and Big Mountain, a destination ski resort, makes it a year-round center for the tourist trade. The Kalispell area is a growth area and in recent decades, growth rates in the City–County planning jurisdiction have fluctuated in a cyclical pattern between moderate and boom levels. The average annual growth rate of the planning jurisdiction population was 1.7 percent in the 1960’s, 3.7 percent in the 1970’s, and 1.8 percent in the 1980’s 1. The 1990 census data was adjusted using recent tax information to estimate the current year (2000) population. The overall population growth in the study area between 1990 and 2000 was approximately 17 percent. Population and employment data for the study area is summarized in Table 1-1. Table 1-1. Existing Population and Employment Category 1990 2000 Population Employment Population Employment