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This section is a response to the requirements of the City of Bozeman Unified Development
Ordinance Section 38.220.060 relative to Groundwater.
Groundwater depth was monitored in the Bozeman Gateway on December 12, 2018. Monitoring
well locations and water elevations are illustrated on the Exhibit entitled “Water Table Map”,
included in this section. Groundwater depths vary in Phase 4 from seven to eleven feet below
ground surface.
Limitations posed by groundwater are common throughout the Bozeman area. Common
engineering and construction practices can successfully mitigate these limitations without
extreme or undo expense.
General impacts on the planning and design for the project will be to build the site up by
elevating roads slightly above existing ground to provide separation to the groundwater. The
high groundwater will require special consideration of building elevations and foundation design
for buildings.