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Stateline Solar Farm

Ivanpah Valley, California

Groundwater Availability

Prepared for

First Solar, Inc.

March 2011

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1.3.2 Glan

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er 2 ............

Consolidat.1

Unconsoli.2

Structural.3

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er 3 ............

Flow and.1

Water Qua.2

4 Quantifi

er 4 ............

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Groundwa.2

4.2.1 Pum4.2.2 Und

Groundwa.3

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er 5 ............

6 Conclus

er 6 ............

7 Referen

er 7 ............

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3-1. Measur

3-2. Measur

3-3. Well Co4.1. Ground

Valleys

4-2. CompaDonov

4.3. Ground

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5.2. Ground

igures

1.1 Locatio

1.2 Physio

1.3 Compa

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2.1 Hydrog

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3.3. Locatio

3.4. Sectio

3.5. TDS in

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ter Values U

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of Ivanpah

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ter Elevation

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4.8. ChangConditi

5.1. Locatio

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of groun

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Ivanpah

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south Iv

as north

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the eastern

y is located

raphically cJean Lake

on the weeastern mo

, an activethe Brigh

cheduled to

n and Primectional fac

order, and

rse is locamine and

Valley. Th

stern borde

vail Repornt

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onstruct a

consists ofsert Statelinll include t

ission line

ison (SCEn of the fac

ely 1,900

r Farm. Th

alley to sat

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ger hydrolo

cy, 1968).

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California

da part of I

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lly closed br Roach

by the Bird

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mountains

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t. Topograpntains and

mine, andSource En

be built wi

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cre-feet of

purpose o

sfy that wat

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s southwestthin Califo

art of Ivan

vanpah Val

are the sam

asin withinake playas

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ns on the ea low top

c altitudes r

nd 8,500 ft

within Nev

within whidered by th

hic altitude4,300 ft wit

a powerplaergy Ivanp

hin Ivanpa

cated withimall numb

ostly of s

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tt solar po

g current sline Solarg facility,

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transmissioy water use

water will

this report

er demand.

that includ

lley is locat

of Las Venia and 22

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which surfa. The basi

ge on the

ast and bygraphic di

ange from a

within the

ada along t

h surface-e McCullo

s range froin the west

t are locatah Solar

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is referred t

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north, the S

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bout 2,600

estern mou

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ater drainagh Range o

about 2,8ern mountai

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ountains,Ivanpah

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in Neva

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the geol

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rea, Nevad

alley, Jean

f his appra

alley (exclIvanpah V

he investiga

d as groundan Lake Val

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on and Dur

relation. Gl

an (1965)geographic

s on the moter recharg

increases wi

1 tb1 R Grndwatr A

m. The m

be locate

location.

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een the subing, 1920;

t of Water

rnia Departdic, 1998; T

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rt are theancy (1968)

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n of Water

a and Calif

Lake Valley

isal, he esti

ding Jean Llley (Glanc

ion, Glancy

water underley discharg

rge estimate

in, 1994), w

ancy (1968)

o characteriange of ave

untain peakbased on

th increasing

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within C

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ect of numHewett, 19

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n, 2007).

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ent areas.

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ated avera

ake Valley),, 1968, Tab

(1968, Tab

flow into Ld as ground

s were deriv

hich translat

used a Nev

e precipitatage annual

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average an

1-2

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1964; Sout

er Resourconovan and

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is work re

port Water

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100 acre-ft/le 14). Beca

le 11) concl

s Vegas Vawater under

ed using the

es precipitat

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man precipion that the

ual precipit

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est-southw

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hern Califo

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ter recharg

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harge withi

se, he conclVegas Vall

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1968, Table

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ion, 2007,ion used the

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h only is ab

al Ground

l of south Ivtial future

. The mode

e groundwin method.

8) report.

6,000 ft, 13ange 7,000

itation was

verage prec

altitude ranctive altitu

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mping with

for 1953-1

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se are not li

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model wa

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ated to ber for Jean L

able 7-2),same altitu

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n and Katze

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s the acrea

lley, but h

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out 1 perce

ater Mode

anpah Vallimpacts of

l represents

ter rechargThe modif

lancy assu

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verall areaeir report.

in south Iv

999 is tabul

r. Recharglisted as 3

sted in the

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ental Envir

o County,second gr

developed

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752 acre-fake Valley,

based one zones an

e relation

r (2000).

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es used in

delineates

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t larger tha

l, Ivanpah

y. The modformer was

the 47-yea

e for this pcation was

ed the ave

er the altituurthermore

percent for

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ithin sout

npah Valle

ated and th

associate90 acre-ft/y

RC report.

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the calculat

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213,500 acneated area

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eriod to beto the rech

age precipi

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the respecti

over 5,00

assumed reC report d

Ivanpah V

y is tabulat

average p

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ct, Numeri

and Clarodel that

hontan Reg

xt 20 years5. The aver

h Ivanpahcre-ft/yr for

n of theges as Glan

ga (2000)

ne Solar Farm

ion of preci

oundaries f

res for nortis 215,70

ed value.

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loped for thosal at tw

53-1999. T

1,000 acrearge percen

ation was 1

00-7,000 ftssumed th

ve altitude

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alley is 331

ed in Table

mping for

operationassociated

al Groundw

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ional Water

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alley (exclsouth Ivanp

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and a rech

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roundwater Ava

pitation rec

r north Iv

Ivanpahacres for

(2000) desc

e Molycorpsites withi

RC (2000,

ft/yr basedages used i

0 inches ov

, and 15.5 irecharge

anges. How

titude rang

ntages of 3cate the acr

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7-1 of the

he 5-year p

f the Molwith the P

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Nevada,south and

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method.ble 8). Ho

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Proposed Stateline Solar Farm Site

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Features of Ivanpah Valley

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Cities in Ivanpah Valley

Proposed Stateline Solar Farm Site

Playas

Ivanpah Valley Basins

State Boundary


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Name Time

Observed

Groundwater

Altitude

(ft)

W-2 Steadystate 2,544








DWR-13 Steadystate 4,484





DWR-20 Steadystate 2,518DWR-21 Steadystate 2,500

GL-1 Steadystate 2,530










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TRC-8 Steadystate 2,548








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Pre-development Conditions

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Year

ME-3

ME-4

IER-2

IER-3

OIEP-5

OIEP-7

OIEP-8

OIEP-9

PVGC#7

PVGC#8

PVGC#9

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Colosseum2

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Yates

M-8

M-13

M-14

1986

2,531

2,527

1987

2,536

2,529

2,481

1988

1989

1990

1991

2,535

2,529

2,530

2,533

2,483

2,533

1992

1993

2,534

2,528

2,530

2,532

2,482

2,533

1994

2,533

2,527

2,528

2,531

2,480

2,532

1995

2,534

2,528

2,529

2,532

2,482

2,531

1996

2,518

2,517

2,519

2,524

2,522

1997

2,534

2,528

2,532

2,532

2,482

2,531

2,516

2,513

2,512

2,518

2,519

2,524

2,522

2,513

1998

2,516

2,513

2,513

2,523

2,521

2,511

1999

2,528

2,524

2,534

2,529

2,526

2,529

2,485

2,530

2,515

2,515

2,516

2,500

2,519

2,522

2,521

2,510

2000

2,515

2,513

2,512

2,509

2,523

2,521

2,520

2,511

2001

2,515

2,514

2,513

2,506

2,508

2,521

2,520

2,510

2002

2,514

2,514

2,513

2,507

2,507

2,520

2,520

2,509

2003

2,514

2,513

2,513

2,505

2,508

2,520

2,519

2,508

2004

2,513

2,513

2,514

2,506

2,508

2,519

2,519

2,508

2005

2,513

2,513

2,512

2,505

2,506

2,519

2,519

2,509

2006

2,512

2,512

2,511

2,504

2,507

2,518

2,518

2,509

2,410

2,498

2007

2,512

2,512

2,511

2,503

2,507

2,518

2,518

2,509

2,409

2,498

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Primm Casinos 860 41 350 510 102

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Jean 690 41 280 410 82

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Total 2,060 40 820 1,240 248

TOTAL 5,321 37 1,960 3,361 672

Table 4.1. Groundwater Pumping and Water-Use Returns

within Ivanpah and Jean Lake Valleys, 1999 - 2008

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213,4

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0

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287,3

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559,4

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52

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ahValleySouth.

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(d) Acreagelistedforaltituderan

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low4,000ft.

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DonovanandKatzer,andThisStudy

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