Metric 2: Groundwater Elevations Sample Clauses

Metric 2: Groundwater Elevations. Implementation Milestone: The Program will demonstrate improvement to groundwater elevations near the Cosumnes River through groundwater elevation monitoring at one or more representative shallow monitoring xxxxx located between approximately 0.5 and 1 mile from the Cosumnes River. Monitoring well MW-7 will serve as the representative monitoring well unless the Parties mutually agree to use additional or different suitable well(s). In Program Years 1 through 10, the Program will monitor October groundwater elevations annually to establish an improved, relatively stable elevation, which will allow for comparison to future elevations (comparison level) and show general trends of improvement. The Program will use the five-year average October groundwater elevation measured during Program Years 6-10 as the comparison level for which the Performance Threshold is evaluated. This five-year period is assumed to be representative of average hydrologic conditions and comparable to future five- year periods assumed to be representative of average hydrologic conditions. If multiple representative monitoring xxxxx are used, then an average value across all representative xxxxx will be used for the comparison level. Performance Threshold: Starting Program Year 15 and continuing every five years thereafter, the five-year average October groundwater elevation measured at MW-7, or other representative monitoring well(s) if agreed by the Parties, will be at or above (shallower) than the comparison level established as the five-year average determined for Program Years 6-10.