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1 1 BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING May 13, 1938 A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Select- men's Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Chairman Maddison and Messrs. Ferguson, Glynn, and Kimball were present. The Secretary was also present. In the absence of Mr. Robbins, Mr. Kimball was elected Clerk Pro -tem. The records of the meeting held on May 6th, as amended, were approved. Mr. John W. Raymond, Jr., Supt. of Public Works, appeared before the Board. The Chairman asked Mr. Raymond if he had read the records of the previous meeting relative to the petitions of the New England Water Supply Corp., and he replied in the affirmative. The Board considered the applications of the New England Water Supply Corporation for permission to erect and maintain buildings to house water pumping equipment. Mr. Raymond, who is a hydraulic engineer, expressed to the Board his viewson the matter, which were substantially as follows: The statement had been made at the last meeting that water would be taken from an area five miles square, which would be 25 square miles, and that is impossible. Five square miles would be possible. Mr. Raymond said that it was his opinion that Mr. Melanson was very likely to be distrubed. His well is between the Shawsheen River and thesetwo heavy draft wells. He thought that the water would be so lowered that swamp water or Shawsheen River water might enter Melanson's well. He would not be surprised if the well went dry during a dry period. Iie said that there was no certainty about it, however. Mr. Raymond said that one gravel pit was about seven and one-half acres in size, and the other was about six acres, making a total of about fourteen acres, and nct two or three hundred. He said that 300 gallons of water a minute over a period of a year was 153,000,000 gallons rather than 90,000,000. IIe said that he thought that Mr. Hurtado's land would be affected by the drawing of water by these wells. Mr. Raymond said that taking 300 gallons of water per minute from an area of fifty acres would amount to a depth of nearly ten feet, Which is equivalent to the average rainfall for a period of three years. To equal the rainfall, the rate of 300 gallons per minute would require all the water that falls on about 120 acres, and he would not expect that you could get 147