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s r United States Department of the Interior U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 3� Ohio -Kentucky -Indiana Water Science Center OHIO KENTUCKY INDIANA 6460 Busch Boulevard, Suite 100 9818 Bluegrass Parkway 5957 Lakeside Boulevard Columbus, Ohio 43229-1737 Louisville, Kentucky 40299-1906 Indianapolis, Indiana 46278-1996 December 13, 2018 Ms. Michelle Smith Director of Water Quality and Waste Water Laboratory City of South Bend, Water Works 830 N Michigan St South Bend, IN 46602 Dear Ms. Smith: Enclosed are two signed originals of our standard joint -funding agreement 19NFJFA00000024 for the project related to the annual water -level measurements from a network of observation wells in northeastern St. Joseph County, herein called the program, by the U.S. Geological Survey OKI Water Science Center Water Resources Investigations (USGS), during the period January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 in the amount of $3,000 from your agency. USGS contributions for this agreement are $1,800 for a combined total of $4,800. Please sign and return one fully -executed original to Edassa McCurdy at the Indianapolis address above. The USGS completed groundwater -level measurements in the observation well network in northeastern St. Joseph County in July 2018. The record of groundwater levels in that network can be viewed with descriptive graphs and statistics at the website: IAtp. dlg m atNlla vJ cr+�v t;cla�us ; .gtiavlat t�i ll 1 1 sp"? ct l 1. In addition, the USGS as part of its Climate Response Network continued real-time monitoring in shallow and deep groundwater wells in northeastern St. Joseph County near the border with Elkhart County and continuous monitoring at a City well near the South Bend International Airport. Those data can be viewed with descriptive graphs and statistics at these websites: Airport well: hgp; ,rU) ;qd%y��t 7 1 Br a g t c' v�A u 1 atcs , p' 41419086183101 Well 21-23 near Pleasant Valley: a1 :�' ��camur° iay wticaly t . 1 �A()y!ai�WL iLes ,,isL�S -4142 20603501 1 Well 21 - 133 near Pleasant Valley h,11p5.:HgLouiidvate wateli.,u, .ga v WLSct s.as a ,1 202t18t(135 Y1?2 Federal law requires that we have a signed agreement before we start or continue work. Please return the signed agreement by January 1, 2019. If, for any reason, the agreement cannot be signed and returned by the date shown above, please contact Paul Buszka by phone number (317) 600-2779 or email pmbuszka@usgs.gov to make alternative arrangements. This is a fixed cost agreement to be billed annually via Down Payment Request (automated Form DI- 1040). Please allow 30-days from the end of the billing period for issuance of the bill. If you experience any problems with your invoice(s), please contact Edassa McCurdy at phone number (317) 600-2788 or email at emccurdy@usgs.gov.