Well Information.pdf

This is a Permit to Appropriate Water issued by the State of Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation on May 28, 2013. The permit grants the USA Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Montana HCS facility located at 210 Winchester Avenue in Miles City, MT 59301, authorization to appropriate groundwater for lawn and garden purposes.

The permit authorizes two groundwater wells with a combined maximum flow rate of 100.00 GPM and a total maximum volume of 14.10 acre-feet. Both wells are located in Custer County, with Well 1 (NESWNE, Section 34, Township 8N, Range 47E) at a depth of 200 feet and Well 2 (SESWNE, Section 34, Township 8N, Range 47E) at a depth of 180 feet. The diversion period runs from May 1 to September 30 annually, with use limited to 9.00 acres at the Veterans Hospital Addition subdivision. The permit carries a priority date of April 18, 2012, and is provisional pending final determination of existing water rights. The permit requires installation and maintenance of a backflow preventor to prevent groundwater contamination in accordance with Montana Code Annotated Section 85-2-505. The completion deadline for filing a project completion notice is December 31, 2014, with extension of time available upon application.