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Sec. 16-607. Additional Application Standards.
Wells. The application shall map every public, private, and shared well within one (1) mile of the site, with specific analysis of shared wells serving multiple households. Sec. 16-703 generally prohibits the use of wells for cooling of computing systems or energy production; this Section governs any other proposed water use. Where no on-site withdrawal of any kind is proposed, the Study shall document that condition and the prohibition on withdrawal shall be made a metered condition of the permit. The required testing, modeling, and drawdown demonstration are governed by the Comprehensive Hydrological Impact Study of Sec. 16-611.
Surface Waters. The application shall map all surface waters within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of the site.