EIS-0113_Section_9 - Hanford Site
EIS-0113_Section_9 - Hanford Site
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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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