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I'm a resident of Central Oregon. My main concern with these destination resorts is their impact on our resources. One example is the level of the ground water in the aquifer I access to provide my drinking water. Thornburg?s golf courses will use millions of gallons of water per day, pumped from that aquifer, when they irrigate. This will lower the ground water levels over time which will force me and a lot of other people that live in the rural areas to drill deeper wells at a very high cost. It might cost me between $20,000 to $40,000. to drill a new well. It seems to me that is a very high cost to the rural residents of the county.

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