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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 A. I believe that that would ho ©no of the practical solutions to the immediate problem—the installation of pumps, especially Wells 10 and 11 that have rather high specific yields Q. Have you made any study which would enable you to testify as to the possible Increased production if pumps were installed on Wells 10 and Ilf A. Of course, in Water Hesources Bulletin Ho, 5, specific capacities of those wells can be determined, and by specific capacity, 1 mean the number of gallons the well will produce with each foot of draw-down. If you were to put pumps on Wells 9, 10 and 11, and would draw down the water about 25 or 30 feet below the surface, there would be an increase out of these par­ticular wells of three to three and a half million gallons t and that amount of water could be further Increased if the draw­down were lowered more. q, Of course, that draw-down would increase the overdraft on the basin. A. That's correct. Q. And, in your opinion, could that be done in these peak periods of a fow hours or a few days without materially affecting these wells or adjacent wellsf A. Of course, any additional water that is taken out will affect the over-all picture, and there will be seme effect m other wells, but as a matter of emergency and of a temporary nature, it would be Justified, in my ©pinion. Q. In other words, this would be a temporary increase which might, if continued, over a long period of time, affect 138,