DOG-TRAINING PONDS MAY IMPACT LOCAL GROUNDWATER

PROPOSED DOG TRAINING "PONDS" NEAR HONEY SPRINGS RANCH HAVE POTENTIAL TO DEPLETE LOCAL GROUNDWATER

Neighbors on Honey Springs are worried.  Private sporting groups plan to create "ponds" for dog training on public lands: Hollenbeck Canyon Wildlife Area.  The two ponds will require 2.4 million gallons of groundwater to fill, and an equal amount each year to maintain. 

Long-time DV'ers remember the Honey Springs Development idea of 1979. When they tested the well at the ranch, the draw down was so great that nearby wells ran dry.  Groundwater in our area is held in fractured rock, and pumping below existing wells has the potential to siphon away the water from uphill wells miles away. 

You can read the official proposal and report by going to http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/mgmtplans/hcwa/  Look for the Hollenbeck Canyon Wildlife Area-Honey Springs Unit-Dog Training Ponds.

POND ONE:  (Already has a "Final" CEQA designation)

300' x 100' x 4' deep  (football field size)

897,000 gal. of water to fill

2,457 gal/day (73,726 gal/mo) to maintain

POND TWO:

420 ’x 100’ x 4-10’ deep

1.5 million gal. of water to fill

4,109 gal/day (123,287 gal/mo) to maintain

SOME HOMEOWNER CONCERNS:

• The two wells together will require a staggering 2.4 million gallons of water to fill, and equal amount to maintain the water level each year.
• Residents, who could potentially lose their wells, have received no notice of this proposal, no opportunity to be informed, and no chance to give input.  Of more concern, there has apparently been no groundwater study.
• This project was brought forward by private sporting clubs.  If local wells fail, who will be accountable?
• You can voice your opinion and/or support others at the December meeting of the Jamul-Dulzura Planning Group

FIND OUT MORE AND HAVE YOUR SAY...

Jamul-Dulzura Planning Group Meeting

Oak Grove Middle School Library

December 13th

7:30 PM