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3.2.4.1<br />

Statement of commissioner. Jane Van Dyke RECEIVED DOE-RL<br />

Clark Public Utility District<br />

Vancouver, Washington JUL 14 1986<br />

before the<br />

U.S. Department of Energy hearing on WM DIVISION<br />

<strong>Hanford</strong> military waste disposal options<br />

July 10, 1986<br />

My ... is Jane Van Dyke. I am .Commissioner of the Clark<br />

Public Utility District In Vancouver and I here tonight speaking<br />

on behalf of the PUD.<br />

Clark PUD operates a water utility which se rves more than<br />

11,000 customers in a large geographic area of Clark County,<br />

including the areas of Hazel Dell, Salmon Creek, Heckinson,<br />

Brush Prairie and Venerator, We rely ..elusively on ground<br />

Water to serve our customers, pumping from 16 wells which have a<br />

capacity of about 12 million gallons a day.<br />

In the next fifty years, we expect Water demand to increase<br />

substantially., We plan to supply most, if not all, of this<br />

demand by pumping additional ground water.<br />

The estimated total water demand in all of Clark County at<br />

that time will be 117,000 acre feet per year, or about 38<br />

billion gallons. Of this, about 75,000 acre feet, or about 64<br />

Par cent, roan be supplied through recharge from precipitation.<br />

The remaining 36 percent may require direct recharge from the<br />

Columbia River. Per this reason, we are vitally concerned about<br />

the future of Columbia River water..<br />

We are very fearful that storage of any radioactive<br />

materials on the <strong>Hanford</strong> Nuclear Reservation could result in<br />

contamination of the Columbia River. I£ this happens, the 3.2. 4. 1<br />

ground water resources of Clark County and other areas located<br />

downstream from <strong>Hanford</strong> will be affected.<br />

Clark PUD strongly oppose. any long-term storage of<br />

radioactive materials at <strong>Hanford</strong> and I urge the Department of 2. 1. 1<br />

Energy to find a. more suitable site for disposal of these<br />

wastes.<br />

Thank you..<br />

REaiVEii DOE-RL<br />

JUL 1.4 1986<br />

WM DIVISION<br />

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