HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB200700326 Review Comments Groundwater Assessment 2007-10-19Tier II Groundwater Assessment
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Application Number: SUB200700326
Groundwater Reviewer: J. Rubinstein
Date: 19 October 2007
Description: 1 division
Site Description
In a groundwater assessment done for the Albemarle County, ENSAT
Corporation divided the county into `hydrologic units'. Below is ENSAT's
description of the unit containing the parcel:
The Piedmont Foothills unit is characterized by rolling upland to
relatively steep topography. Soils within this area re dominated by
the Hayesville, Ashe and Chester soil series which are moderately
deep to deep, and generally well drained. These soils are found on the
piedmont upland and foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountain on slopes
ranging from 2-45%.
According to the Virginia Department of Mineral Resources 1993 Map, the
parcel is on the gneiss (Ybg) and biotite granite (Ygbt) of the Blue Ridge
Basement Complex.
The site is in the watershed of the North Fork of the Rivanna.
Buffers
According to the county GIS site, the county requires the maintanence of a
buffer on the property around the pond and its outlet stream.'
The parcel is in a public water supply watershed.
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Water Quantity
The Albemarle County Database shows 21 wells within half a mile of the
lot. The wells range from 10 to 359 feet in depth with a mean depth of 188
feet. The well yields range from one to thirty gallons per minute with a
mean yield of fifteen gallons per minute.
Water Quality
As shown on the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) GIS
website, there are no leaking underground storage tank sites (LUST) within
2000 feet of the parcel.2
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http://gisweb.deq.virginia.gov/deqims/viewer.htm?SERVICE=VA—DEQ
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