License a Municipal Groundwater Supply - Birchcliff Development Sylvan Lake Area SE 17-039-01 W5M Prepared for Belterra Land Company Prepared by hydrogeological consultants ltd. (HCL) January 2010 1.800.661.7972 Our File No.: 09-899.00 PERMIT TO PRACTICE HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS LTD. Signature electronically signed Date r PERMIT NUMBER P 385 The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta © 2010 hydrogeological consultants ltd. groundwater consulting ydrogeological HCL environmental sciences onsultants ltd. Belterra Land Company, License a Municipal Groundwater Supply - Birchcliff Development Page ii Sylvan Lake Area, SE 17-039-01 W5M Table of Contents Summary of Approval Conditions .........................................................................................................................i Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................. ii 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................1 1.1. Purpose .................................................................................................................................................1 1.2. Scope.....................................................................................................................................................1 2. Background...................................................................................................................................................2 2.1. General Hydrogeology...........................................................................................................................2 2.2. GWUDI ..................................................................................................................................................4 2.3. Previous Work .......................................................................................................................................4 3. Present Program...........................................................................................................................................5 3.1. Maps, Aerial Photographs .....................................................................................................................5 3.2. Groundwater Database .........................................................................................................................5 3.3. Meteorological Data...............................................................................................................................6 3.4. Site Selection.........................................................................................................................................6 3.5. Field Work..............................................................................................................................................6 3.5.1. Drilling and Preliminary Aquifer Testing.........................................................................................6 3.5.2. Extended Aquifer Test....................................................................................................................7 3.5.3. Groundwater Sampling...................................................................................................................8 3.5.4. Field-Verified Water Well Survey ...................................................................................................8 3.6. Data Processing ....................................................................................................................................9 4. Results........................................................................................................................................................11 4.1. Field Work............................................................................................................................................11 4.1.1. Drilling and Preliminary Aquifer Testing.......................................................................................11 4.1.2. Extended Aquifer Test..................................................................................................................13 4.1.3. Water Well Survey........................................................................................................................14 4.2. Groundwater Database .......................................................................................................................15 4.3. Groundwater Quality............................................................................................................................16 4.4. GWUDI ................................................................................................................................................17 4.5. Barometric Pressure............................................................................................................................18 5. Interpretation...............................................................................................................................................19 5.1. Geometry of Aquifers...........................................................................................................................19 5.2. Aquifer Test Analysis...........................................................................................................................21 5.2.1. AT III with WTH No. 1-09 .............................................................................................................21 5.3. Long-Term Yield ..................................................................................................................................22 5.4. Predicted Impact..................................................................................................................................23 5.5. GWUDI ................................................................................................................................................24 6. Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................25 7. Recommendations......................................................................................................................................26 8. Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................27 9. Glossary......................................................................................................................................................29 10. Conversions................................................................................................................................................32 groundwater consulting ydrogeological HCL environmental sciences onsultants ltd. Belterra Land Company, License a Municipal Groundwater Supply - Birchcliff Development Page i Sylvan Lake Area, SE 17-039-01 W5M Summary of Approval Conditions Approval No. Legal Location: SE 17-039-01 W5M File No. Requested Diversion: 22,356 m³/year 61.25 m³/day) Status for Conditions under the direction of HCL Condition Description 1. Approval for WTH No. 1-09 Noted - See water well completions, Appx B 2. Acitivity in accordance with information filed in Noted Department records 3. Reclaim disturbed banks and beds of water body and areas accociated with activity. 4. Shall not deposit substance that will adversly affect Noted water body. 5. Release water into a water body only when water is Not Applicable of similar or better quality than that of receiving body. 5. Field-Verified Water Well Survey a) plan completed - 1,600-metre radius - page D-1 b) list noting details of construction of water wells completed - Appendix D c) table summarizing purpose and quantity completed - Appendix D 7. Design of Exploration Program a) unreasonably interfere with other water users no unreasonable interference b) negative inmpact on source aquifer or other aquifers no negative impact 8. Pumping Test a) flow rate not less than maximum production rate completed - page C-7 see report text for interpretation b) rate variation within 5% completed - page C-4; rate for AT III was ± .02% c) pump for long enough to identify boundary conditions completed - Appendix C d) recovery measurements for same length of time as completed - Appendix C pumping interval e) not deposit any substance to adversely affect water body 9. Position pump intake above top of aquifer 10. AENV disclaimer noted 11. Submit report to AENV a) diagrams of diversion site and any obs water wells completed - page D-1 b) plans showing: i) physical features completed - page D-1 ii) location of diversion site completed - page D-1 iii) location, ownership, elevation, water levels of water completed - Appendix D wells identified during field-verified water well survey c) names of drilling contractors completed - pages B-4, B-29 d) lithology completed - pages B-4, B-29 e) drawdown and recovery data and interpretation completed - Appendix C - text contains interpretation f) field-verified survey data completed - Appendix D g) cross section completed - page 19 h) calculated cones of depression after 1, 5, and 20 years completed as table and graph - page 23 i) table of expected drawdown after 1, 5, and 20 years completed