United States
Environmental Protection   Office of Water (WH-550)    EPA 810/F-92-003
Agency            Washington DC 20460     July 1992
STUDENT ACTIVITY SHEETS
FOR DRINKING WATER PROJECTS

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                                                          TEACHER'S

                                                          GUIDE
  How Clean is Clean?
  Introduction
  As recently as 20 years ago. the standards for "dean" were
  based on aesthetic factors such as taste, odor and color.
  Today, we know that there are many things which we can't
  taste, smell or see that can still be harmful to us For this
  reason, standards for what is "safe" or "clean" have been set
  by the government. This activity is designed to allow
.  students  to experience how difficult it is to "clean" an
  aquifer once it has become polluted by simulating hazardous
 material  accidents which contaminate  their aquifers
 (sponges).
 Objective
 Students will investigate how pollutants contaminate ground
 water by using a simple model of an aquifer.
 General Procedures
 1. Each group will need a large cellulose household sponge,
 3 - 16 02. cjfiai plastic  cups, a paper or foam dinner plate
 and a tray or bucket to collect water squeezed from their
 sponges. Make several copies of the Student Activity Sheet
 on the reverse side of this sheet The class will also need the
 foUowing three liquids to represent the pollutants in the
 different accident scenarios for each Group:
  Group 1  1 ounce of Liquid soap
  Group 2  1 ounce of Salad oil (If small graduated
            cylinders are available use 20 mL of oil)
  Group 3  1 ounce of Gelatin (dissolve a package in hot
            water just before class)
  Group 4  1 ounce of an equal mixture of soap, oil and
            gelatin
 2. Before  class  pour each "pollutant" in a separate small
 paper cup. Locate each group's materials near its work
 station or kt students collect materials and take them to then-
 work stations.
 3. Divide the class into four random groups, each with four
or five students. ][f more groups are needed, make extras of
groups 1 and 3, to minimize dean up problems. Pass out
the Student Activity Sheets to each group and direct them to
begin collecting the materials as described in Step 1 of the
activity. Those not directly involved in squeezing sponges
should be  assigned duties such as predicting how many
nnses  it will take for  the sponges will become clean
emptying the cups between squeezes, recording the number
 of squeezes, deciding when m
    . » . — . — • —   u "  -••  n m
 and whether it would be safe to
 been squeezed from the T^gr
 4. After the smdents have
oup s *r**igff is
   tnewaS thatnss
                               tfie
 1. read over the introduction on rfv Smffrnt Activity Sheet
 as a class. Be sure each group understands that the mixture
 m the small paper cup represents a "poUutanr released in
 theaccident described for each group on their Activity
 Sheet.
 5. Each group should repeat Steps 3-6 on their Activity
 Sheet until they either decide that me sponge is clean, or
 estimate how long it would take to clean the sponge or judge
 whether the sponge can be cleaned at alL If they haven't
 cleaned the sponge within 10 minutes, it may be best to kt
 them make 
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                                                         STUDENT  ACTIVITY
  How  Clean Is Clean?
  SHEET
  Introduction
  In comparison with rivere or streams, water in the ground
  moves very slowly and veiy calmly in rivers that are very
  wide - sometimes more man one hundred miles wide. These
  stow underground rivers are called aquifers. Many of us get
  our drinking water from aquifers. When a pollutant is
  spilled on the ground, it slowly seeps down and can get into
  an aquifer, making our water unsafe to drink. When our
  aquifer gets polluted, we need  to get answers to many
  difficult questions like how toxic are the pollutants?, how
  fast are the pollutants moving in the aquifer?,, and how
  difficult are they to remove from the aquifer?
  In this activity, die class is divided into at least 4 groups.
 Each  group will  experiment with a different kind of
 pollutant to  find out how difficult it is to  remove the
 pollutant from a sponge. Aquifers are not really spongy, but
 we can still use a sponge to give us some idea of what
 happens when an aquifer gets contaminated.
 Group 1 will use soap as its pollutant. In this case, the
 ground is contaminated when a tanker truck  gets into an
 accident on die highway and spills die pollutant on the side
 of the road. The soap is a lot like real pollutants which
 dissolve in water but are not hazardous or toxic.
 Group 2 will use salad as its pollutant  Again, a track
 accident has caused the spill as for Group 1 's pollutant The
 oil is a lot like gasoline which is hazardous and toxic, but
 does not mix well with water.
 Group 3  will use  gelatin as its pollutant This time the
 pollutant has leaked into the ground from a large old and
 rusty-underground tank where it has been stored for years.
The gelatin is a lot like pesticides which dissolve in water
 and are toxic.
Group 4 will have the worst troubles. An explosion has
occurred at a major chemical plant, and all three types of
pollutants - soap, oil and gelatin - have been  spilled onto the
ground.
Objective
You will investigate how pollutants contaminate an aquifer
by using a  sponge as a simple model of an aquifer.
General  Procedures
1. One student in each  group should pre-moisien their
  sponge by soaking it in water, then squeezing it until it is
  just moist to touch. Other students in each group should be
  sure they have the following items at their work station:
         One large cup of clean water
         Two empty large cups
         Tray or bucket for collecting rinse water
         One paper or plastic dinner plate
         Small cup containing a "pollutant"
  After these materials have been collected, wait for the
  teacher to read over the Introduction with the class.
  2. Place the  sponge on the plate and pour the liquid
  "pollutant" in the small cup onto the sponge, letting the
  sponge soak up as nind»pnniift»n*«*pn«^Mp
  3- SLOWLY pour dean water onto sponge, letting it soak in
  until the sponge is full Pour back into the  cup any excess
  water on the plate.  You will need to know how many
 cnpfuls of water are being used to rinse the sponge. so kern
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 4., Lift the sponge and squeeze it oat completely, catching
 the water in an empty large cup.
 5. Pour more water onto the  sponge, letting it soak in.
 6. Squeeze out the sponge again, this time using the other
 empty large cup to catch the water squeezed from  the
 sponge.

 7. Compare the two cups of polluted water. Decide which
 cup seems to have the mQSL polluted water, then empty this
 cup. Set aside the cup cnnrammg the water which looks less
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8. Repeat Steps 5, 6 and 7 each time comparing the water in
the two cups ID decide whether the water is getting cleaner
each time the polluted sponge  is rinsed out Count the
number of times the sone is
9. Estimate to the nearest 1/4 cup. how many cnpfuls of
water were used to rinse the sponge. Convert to ounces
(One cupful equals 16 ounces). How much more rinsing - if
any - must be done before the water squeezed from the
sponge would be "safe" to drink?
10. After yon have finished the experiment,
to the proper place, then get ready to report your results to
the class.
                                                                                                Igsg
                                                                                polluted taf ta[ polluted
                                                                           7   (discard) C* 13 (save)

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 Tracking  Pollution - A Hazardous Whodunnit
                                                        TEACHER'S

                                                        GUIDE
 Introduction
 This activity presents the student with a. real world problem
 and provides a simple, but not always accurate tool for
 investigating tite problem.
 The problem is that a town's drinking water is contaminated
 In many small towns like Riverville, every home and most
 businesses have a private wen. Lab results from several
 wells showed that the ground water has been contaminated
 with a kind of fuel stored by three companies. Of the three
 possible suspected sources of contamination, each suspect
 has a reasonable argument as to why they are not
 responsible for die problem:
 1. The Heating Oil Company is the prime suspect since they
 store  the most: fuel and sell it to me other two suspected
2. The Heating Ofl Co. has just tested their tanks and knows
they are safe. They argue that the Trucking Company is the
source of pollution.
3. The Trucking Co. says the source could just as likely be
the Heating Oil Co. or the Gas Station. They claim there is
no proof dm they are responsible.
The only way to find out who is responsible is to produce
some evidence to help decide which of these is die actual
source of contamination. Emphasizing the expense of
cleaning up ground water contamination and the need for
certainty before forcing a business to begin cleaning up lets
the student know that there is often a lot at stake in this kind
of investigation.
Objective
Students will make a topographic  map, use it to predict
ground water flow and investigate the most likely source of
ground watcr (ynfitTnrnafion
General  Procedures
1. It will be best for students to work together in groups of
at least two. Each group will need:
   a medium sized rubber band about 1/8 inch in width
   a ruler, pencil and pen
   Student activity sheet
2. Read over with the class the Introduction on the Student
Activity  Sheet. Ask them which of the three they think is the
actual source and have them write down their best guess.
I
                        UadCTpnomd Storage T««k
             ysssf*"**
                                                       3. You might also explore whether
                                    ! can dunk of any
 simpler ways' of finding out the source of contamination
 dun by doing this activity. Point out die fact that another
 way of finding out whodunnit is to test die contaminated
 wells again to find out which wells have more contaminant
 in die water. The wells nearest die source ghnqM have die
highest levels; those farthest firm die source will be lower.
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6. LIGHTLY, with pencil, draw lines between each wen and; its
nearest neifhbon haying at least a 20 foot difference ia elevation.
To divide these lines into equal segments representing 10 ft
inc-f-^yt in elevation, stxetch the >"*rlcfij rubber band so ft"1' a
made is over fach well at ***** line's Mutf*o"«ff, with the i
number of marks between to allow you to count op by tens from
one wdl to the next For example, a line between the two wells at
8. Using a PEN, every half inch or so along each contour line,
draw short arrows outward perpendicularly from one contour line
to the contour line having the next lowest elevation. It is important
thai these arrows be as perpendicular as possible to give the best
estimate of the direction of ground water flow. Erase the contour
lines and other pencilled-in lines to make the map less confusing.
To get a better sense of overall direction of flow, you might.want
to draw a few longer arrows which average out the shorter ones.
  10 and 40 ft. needs two murks between the wells. Stretch the
  band so mat a mark falls at each eadpomt on die hae and two
  marks he between the endpoints. **in*Vy ""iffrt OB the line stench
  of die two intervening marks am the sketched band. Label these
  marks 20 and 30 ft. Repeat to eich tine.
  7. LIGHTLY draw smooth curved Knes connecting all wells and
  marks having the same elevations. These are contour lines.
9. Draw a loop ftMt gf'MipT together all of die cTntirn'CT^'*^ wells.
From the flow arrows, note that the plume has spread  in two
directions, to the top right corner and to the Iowa left. It should be
clear that die Trucking Co. (T) is the source of poDution. Also, the
               well found within the cluster of contaminated
wells is a newer, deep well which taps an aquifer protected by an
underground layer of dense rock (shale) which keeps fuel out.
This may serve as a lead-in to the Resource Management Activity.

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 Tracking  Pollution • A Hazardous Whodunnit
                                                       STUDENT


                                                       ACTIVITY


                                                       SHEET
 Introduction
 Riverville is a fictional town with a real problem. Each
 week, more citizens are complaining that their drinking
 water tastes bad. hi many small towns tike this one, there is
 no central water supply. Every home and most businesses
 have a private well The town's mayor tested the water from
 several wells and found that the ground water has been
 contaminated with some kind of fueL The wells that have
 been contaminated are marked out on the map on barfr of
 this page.
 The mayor thinks the Heating Oil Company is responsible
 for this contamination and wants them to start investigating
 their fuel storage tanks which are buried underground and to
 check the tanks for leaks. The Heating Oil Co. says they
 just tested their tanks and knows they are sale. They think
 the Trucking Company is the source of pollution. The
 Trucking Co. says die source  could just as likely be the
 Heating Oil Co. or the Gas Station, since all three places
 have underground tanks for storing the same kind of fueL
 So Riverville has a problem and no one is  sure who is
 responsible. The mayor needs some way of proving who is
 causing the pollution and who should clean it up. You win
 be the "detective"  who helps  prove  where  the
 pollutant is coming from.

job. You should be very sure of the place you choose to
 start cleaning up, otherwise the money win be wasted, ft is
 up to you to solve the mystery.
 Objective
 You will make a topographic map, use it to predict ground
 water flow and investigate the most likely source of ground
 water contamination.
 General  Procedures
To decide which of the suspected businesses is die most
 likely source of contamination, the easiest thing you can do
 is  find out the direction that ground water flows. Since
 ground water generally flows downhill, following the slope
 of the surface of the land, you can be fairly certain mat the
 suspected source which is farthest "upstream" is the real
 source of contamination.
 This activity  shows you how to estimate ground water flow
 by making a contour map. As in many very small towns.
 only a few people in Rrvervffle know the **nrt elevation
 above sea level for their property. To make a contour map,
 it usually helps to know the elevations of as many places as
 possible. But this simple procedure  can be used even
 though you only know a few etevatiORL
 Tbe map on back shows the elevations  for seven wefls and
 gives directions for drawing in the couiouis of the land.
 After you have ffrMfh*^ this  procedure,  answer  the
 Questions
 1. If the flow of ground water and die pollutants in itfbDow
 the contour of the land, what is the most likely source of the
 contamination, the Heating Oil Co.. the Trucking Co. or the
 Gas Station?
 2.Thecciitfflnirnn1onphmiewmcorjtira»etosr^eadsiDwly
 through the ground, much like  smoke from a chimney
 drifting with the wind. Describe  where on your *n«p you
 rhinir the plum** wffl nTO**C wffll Tfoy
 3. Which of the unoontaminated wells do you expect to
 become contaminated in the near future? Do you think die
 school's water well will be contaminated?
 4. How do you explain the fact that one well within  the
 plume was not contaminated? Give at least two possible
 reasons tow this could happen.  (Hint: see die Resource
 Management Activity)
 5. Is it -possible you are wiuug hi assuming that ground
 watt- flow follows the contour of the land? What else could
 you investigate to be sure?
 6. Assuming  that ground  water flow does follow  the
 contours of the land, is it possible that there are two sources
of contamination? What would you expect to find if aU three
companies had leaking storage  tanks and were actual
 SCTTTTrCS Of COtttBIBimttlOfl7
Extensions
 1. Get a map of your own
                                and use it to chart out
ground water direction. Locate the community's water
supply and any potential sources of contamination. What
kind of precautions should be taken to keep an eye on
potential sources of contamination?

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                                      Sta
                   Trucking
                       Co.      "-J
                                           Heating OB
                                                                           0 Contammated well

                                                                           • Uncontammated well
1. Start with a well with a known
elevation. Using ruler and pencil,
LIGHTLY draw a line from this
well to the nearest wells having at
least a  20-foot  difference  in
elevation.

2. Cut a rubber band open and lay
it out flat, without stretching  it,
along the edge of a ruler. With a
pen, make at least five marks 1/2
inch  apart beginning  from the
middle of the rubber band. Use the
marked rubber band to help you
divide  each  line  into  equal
segments. Your teacher will show
you how this is done.
3. Label each mark on the line
between the known elevations with
the  estimated  elevations.  For
example, if the elevations at each
end of a line; are 10 and 40 feet
above sea level,  yon should make
two marks on the line, dividing the
line into three equal lengths. The
first mark  should be labeled 20,
and the next one labeled 30.

4. Connect all marks having the
same elevation with a smooth line.
These are contour lines.

5. Every half inch or so along each
contour line, draw a short arrow
perpendicular from one line out
towards the line having the next
lowest elevation.  Ground  water
flows in the direction of the arrows.

6. Find all the contaminated wells
and  draw  a single loop  that
contains only these wells and none
of the uncontamiii&ted  wells, if
possible. The .area inside this loop
shows how far the contamination
has already  spread  through the
ground water, and is called the
contamination plume.

7. Use your map  to  answer
questions on page 1.

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                                                     STUDENT


                                                     ACTIVITY


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 Resource Management • Protecting your Drinking Water
Introduction
In almost any town, a large variety of chemicals and
wastes are used or disposed of in day-to-day life. We are
now learning that if thing$ ny? gasoline,  road salt.
pesticides or sewage are not used or discarded wisely.
they can contaminate a town's water supply.
We are also teaming mat some sources of water are easier
to contaminiite **»«« other sources. Whether or not your
town's supply is vulnerable to contamination depends
on many different factors. These factors may add together
to protect the supply, or to  leave it very vulnerable to
contamination.
To estimate the vulnerability of the ground water flowing
under an area of land, a ftydtogeofog&r measures several
factors which affect how quickly rain water moves
through the ground in that area. Pollutants will  usually
move in the same way as rain water.
Once you know something about each of these  factors,
you will be able to decide what must be done to  be sure
your drinking water will alwa>s be safe.
Objective
In this activity, you win use a simple mathematical model
of ground water vulnerability to estimate the vulnerability
of a small town's water supply.
                                                       laow 1
                                      Estimated value of five fattflrt
                                              groundwater vnmerabtitty
                                                       VALUE
                                   i. Yearly rainrau
                                  (total anmi mf of tain  •
                                  that falls ID QKyBarX
                                  2. Depth to water
                                  (vertical depth from;
                                  surface to aquifer)

                                  "" &r?'s3^3JiiF*JM$$
                                  (Mam type of soil and
                                  rock abovB me aquifer)
                                  5. Lay of the liad
                                  The general slope of;
                                  airface of tne'land)' •
                                             2
                                             1

                                             3
                                             2
                                             1
                                          ~ ir more than 40 in.
                                         -. if from 15 to 40 ia
                                           ~ if less man 15 in.
                                         i.tffromlffto75ft.
                                        . .-. if greater than 75 &.

                                          ;~. if sand or gravel
                                                              of gravel
                                                ?•-•? •  v. •.   -«i if. limestone
                                             2  "  ": :  ^ifioamorsflt
                                             1 V • 5~  4 if day or shale
                                             2 .   «. if gently ndlmg
      Bedrock

      Sand/
      Gravel
Shale


Clay
Lnractona
Loam
Figure  1. Aquifers  form whore water-carrying layers of earth,
like sand, cover layers of shale or day which do not allow water to
pass through. If the  layer forming the aquifer' is "confined' above
by shale or clay, the aquifer is less vulnerable to contamination.
  SSConfining layers of shale

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Model of ground  water  vulnerability
There are many factors affecting the vulnerability of a
water supply, but we will only look at the five factors
described m Table 1. A value of 1 means it is harder for
rain water (and pollutants) to reach the supply, while a
value of 3 means it is easier. It may be easy to see that: the
greater the depth to water, the longer it will take rain water
to reach the supply. But how does a steep slope make the
area less vulnerable? Figure 1 shows how some of these
factors affect the vulnerability of various aquifers.

  	;	TaoTel	"	•""—
Directions: Use Table 1 to find out how many points
should be fivea lor each u* the five facton.
For example* Table 1 teHs yon mat if the depth to water
is less than 15 ft, you should give 3 points for mis factor
in Quadrant 1. Values from Table 1may be averaged.
Fill in the rest of the blanks for each factor, then add tfcem
• Quadrant 1
       Depth so water
       Yeadyraiafin
       Aquifer type;
       Sofltype
       Lav of Ismd
                           12ft
                           45"
                          Loam/sand-
                          Flat   "  -
                  VULNERABILITY SCORE

• Quadrant 2             ••'       .".-'••-•
       Depth to water      40ft
                          45"
       Yeafly rainfall
       Aquifer type
       Son type
       Lav of land
                          ' * j
                          Gentle slone
               '  VULNERABILITY SCORE
• Quadrant 3                 -•,.-'.
       Depth to water      60ft
       Yearly rainfall       38"
       Aquifertypc        TJuneslnne     .
       Sofltype
       Lav of land
                          Limestonofciay
                  VULNERABILITY SCORE

* Quadrant 4
       Depth to water       100ft

       YeMy rainfall        34"
       A i |i i • iMt ty^f.         S^hl/giaVtil

       Sofltype             Shale/day
       Lav of Iznd          Steeo hOls
                  VULNERABILITY SCORE
How to use the model
You can get a rough idea of the vulnerability of the
underlying aquifer in each of Priceford's four quadrants
by using these five factors to give each quadrant a "score"
on how easy it would be for a pollutant to pass through
the ground to contaminate the aquifer.
                                                     Follow the instructions for filling out Table 2. Therf use
                                                     your results along with the map of the Priceford area to
                                                     answer the questions at the bottom of the page. Give
                                                     your reasons for each answer I
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Questions.
1. Discuss how Factors 2-5 described in Table 1 affect the
vulnerability of water supplies at Points B, C and D in
Figure 1. If flute towns get their water supplies at Points
B, C and D, which supply would be the most vulnerable?
The least vulnerable?
2. Use Table 3 below to interpret the vulnerability scores
you cafMfiaM in Table 2. Which town's water supply
would be most likely to be contaminated if a larger tanker
truck full of a toxic chemical spilled its contents during a
ftaffig j|CCT ^f"T nri fly? rtuswrift mad?
3. Compare the vulnerability values you calculated in line
four towns in the above map to Points A, B, C and D in
Figure 1. Which of these towns is most likely to be
located at which of these Points?
4. How would one town's pollutants affect the  other
town's supplies? If a wood preserving chemical is found
in Smaltown's water, but not in Rxvervule's, where isitbs
most likely area where the source of contamination might
be found?
                                                    very low
                   moderate            very high
             Relative Vulnerability

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 Decision Making - A Mock Town Meeting
 On A Proposed Tank Farm
                                                    STUDENT

                                                    ACTIVITY

                                                    SHEET
I   Saitwted Prerequisite; Resource M«n«ianent Activity   j

Introduction
Yoar class win represent «U of the citizens who five and
woik in a small town called PricefbnL A major business
development company called 7xn*f Corporation, has
asked Pricefbrd  for permission to install five 10,000
gallon Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) on their
piupeity just ouisulft of Pnotford.
This proposed  tank  farm will supply  fuel and
manufacturing chemicals to an existing Ball Bearing
Factory. Your class will divide into several groups each
having  very different interests, and will hold a town
meeting to discuss and vote on Zanec's proposal.
Objective
Your class will gain experience in recognizing potential
hazards to a community's water supply and weighing the
risks and benefits of community development, and will
practice decision-making skills in a mock town meeting.
General Procedures
1. After reading over the activity's introduction and
objectives as a class, begin preparing for the town meeting
by randomly dividing your rips* into five groups.
2. Once the groups are ft""**^. they should take (at home
or in class) the time they need to:
   a) study the facts of Pricefbrd's water resources.
   b) elaborate on their own special group's interests.
   c) discuss how each item of Zanec's proposal affects
     their interests.
The background  information each group will need for
these three tasks is given below.  Each group should also
select its own spokesperson to represent the group's
interests at me meeting.
3. When each group is ready, the Town Council should
call the town meeting to order, read the Agenda and
introduce the Zanec and Business group to present their
proposal. Each other group  should then be allowed to
comment on the proposal.
4. The Council will summarize die issues it believes to be
important, BRIEFLY support or refute each issue and then
vote on the proposal.
Priceford's  Water Resources
Pricefbrd gets more man half its water from municipal and
private wells. The vulnerability of the underlying aquifer
in each quadrant of the map below was assessed in the
Resource Management Activity (use the vulnerability
"scores'* calculated lor the four quadrants in mis activity).
• Quadrant 1 is largely undeveloped in the Pricefbrd area.
  A small community, RivervuTe, is about 25 miles down
  the river. This quadrant is least acceptable to Zanec due
. to its distance from its property in quadrant 4.

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 • Quadrant 2 is largely farmland but also contains a small
   community which relies on well water.             '
 • Quadrant 3 includes Priceford town center and all the
   residential areas for the town's citizens.
 • Quadrant 4  contains a factory just north of Bucky's
  Comer. Zanec proposes installing the USTs here.
 Special Group  Interests
 1. THE TOWN COUNCIL - You must conduct the
 meeting, listen to all the arguments, and to decide what is
 best for all citizens. Based on the facts you gamer, the
' most logical arguments mad? by any of the groups and
 yourbest judgement, you win vote on whether to:
   1)  allow Zanec to install the tank farm as proposed. OR
  2)  allow installation only with certain changes in tfee
      proposal, OR
  3)  reject the proposal completely.

 2. ZANEC md the local BUSINESS GROUP - You must
.stress the need to allow the Ball Bearing plant to expand
'and to attract  new businesses for Priceford's economic
 well-being.

 3. LOCAL HOME OWNERS - You are divided. Some
 desire the 'new jobs and prosperity made possible by
 developments  like this; others worry about the potential
 for water, air and noise pollution; still others are
 concerned about property values; and others ate concerned
 about taxes needed !o meet the increased solid waste
 disposal and  sewage demands which  are related to
 development.

 4. SAVE.THE ENVIRONMENT - Your local chapter of
 this national group opposes the installation of any USTs
 until'extensive testing has been done  and sufficient
 safeguards are in place. Yon fevor me least vulnerable (but
 least accessible) site.

 5. THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT - You are
 essentially  neutral  as long as the proposed installation
 complies with all county health laws and procedures. You
 must find out whether the proposal meets these standards.

 Zanec1 s Proposal
 Zanec is a major development company which has already
 invested heavily in  the Priceford area. The proposed tank
 farm  is only one improvement in  its existing
 developments. Zanec believes its proposal is in die interest
 of Priceford for the  following reasons:
 • The tank farm will allow the Ball Bearing plant to
    expand, bringing about 250 new jobs to an area that
    has an unemployment rate which is above the state
    average.
 • The company will bring revenues to Pricefbrd, not only
    through wages, but also through property taxes,
    income taxes and more consumer spending by its
    workers and their families.
 • The Ball  Bearing plant expansion will  be attractively
    designed,  well-maintained  and an asset to the
    community.
 - The UST Installation will comply with all current
    regulations  and is critical to whether Zanec can
    continue to build in Pricefbrd
 • The new jobs will result in new home building and
    increased property values.
 • Taxes paid by the plant will help finance school and road
    improvements while helping to keep home owner's
    taxes low.
 • Zanec requests permission to site its tank cum on its
    property in Quadrant 4 (see map)
Town Meeting Agenda
Tin notice was pubtisned to me Pirfcefbrd new

and input  on  Zanec  Corporation's  r..f	
installation of  five  10,000 gallon  nnderground
storage tanks on property to me Ball Bearing factory.
AU: interested  groups are  to nave  sel««*«rf
spokespersons who wiH each .be given 4 mini
         TO ALL CONCERNED PARTIES
An
           eting wfll be add tor comiinuriiry review
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                               grven 4 minutes to
                                        GQSuEQGiBi
L Should Zanec be allowed ;« install :n«-1JSTnt the
• ."  proposed. site J ;?,,.. '-V .  •";-v:.'.,:'-C ;'.-;: ?•/; "x ~'-Ł
2. If not" what atenative tocition is acceptable to all
                         '
3L WhiianiIisis^
4. How rare'ffipffcfr* be minimized
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quftti on ^n^i^fautr penod: att^ wnicfc tte Cxwnciil
wulvoteontteproposaL        .  V   .       .-.

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The town meeting Agenda tibould serve as a guide for the
Town Council to conduct the meeting. As stated in the
notice the Council should allow eadh group only 4 minutes
to offer their views on each of the questions on the
Agenda.
When aQ groups have been heard, each Town Council
member may ask one question of one group. Finally, the
Council will vote on the proposal. The Council's vote
should be based to a large degree on the most logical and
persuasive arguments raised by the groups.
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