AGT-McKean-Heffner Reservoir Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 6/26/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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BRADFORD CITY WATER AUTHORITY - HEFFNER RESERVOIR

"IMAGINE a landscape of forested mountains, clear flowing streams, a fantastic array of trees, shrubs and wildflowers, wildlife of all varieties; a place where the beauty of natural balance prevails; a place where the community, the landowners and the land users work together to facilitate this balance; a place where local ingenuity, a strong connection to the land and voluntary stewardship have combined for the benefit of these people and their paradise. Sound far-fetched? Not if you hunt or live near the 74,000-acre Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) in northwest McKean County, where such a landscape has been in the works since 1998. Folks in Bradford have a history of being forward thinkers. During the oil rush of the early 19th Century, deciding to guarantee their water supply, the townfolk built the precursors to what's now the Heffner Reservoir. They valued the resource, they knew it was important and they knew it was possible to spoil it. So they set aside a share of land in the watershed and protected it, thus ensuring an ample supply of clean water for their community long into the future. Now they are protecting their forests, their livelihood and their recreational traditions." GC1678F

"In 1950, the city applied for and was granted water allocations to withdraw water from the North Branch of Sugar Run and the West Branch of Tunugnwant Creek. Following receipt of these allocations, persons involved with the operation of the water system became concerned that the proposed points of withdrawal might become contaminated from the upstream operation of portions of the Bradford Oil Fields. In 1955 the two points of water withdrawal were abandoned and a decision was made to construct a new reservoir on the West Branch of the Tunungwant Creek above Kissem Run. This is the site of Reservoir Number 5, now known as Heffner Reservoir. When it came time to acquire land and construct the Heffner Reservoir, the City of Bradford recognized that it did not have sufficient financial resources to construct a facility of the magnitude being proposed. Therefore, in 1955 the Bradford City Water Authority was created and charged, as its initial project, with the acquistion of the land, planning and construction of the proposed new reservoir." GC1678N

WATER - GIFT OF LIFE
The depth of a soul is not measured by what appears on the surface.


If a fifty-five gallon drum of water represented the total supply of water on the planet then:
OCEANS would be represented by 53 gallons, 1 quart, 1 pint and 12 ounces;
ICECAPS and GLACIERS would represent 1 gallon, and 12 ounces;
ATMOSPHERE would contribute 1 pint and 4.5 ounces;
GROUNDWATER would add up to 1 quart, and 11.4 ounces;
FRESHWATER LAKES would represent one half ounce;
INLAND SEAS AND SALINE LAKES would add up to over one third of an ounce;
SOIL MOISTURE and VALDOSE WATER would total to about one fourth of an ounce;
RIVERS of the world would only add up to one-hundredth of an ounce (less than one one-millionth of the water on the planet).

RIDDLES
Solve the riddles to determine the cache coordinates.

A. I run down hill and turn around
B. I bubble up from underground
C. I fall through air as rain or snow
D. Then disappear in warm sun's glow
E. I'm home for birds and plants and fish
F. I rise above a boiling dish
G. I wave and crash upon the shore
H. I move the riverbank, and more
I. I hang in air close to the seas
J. And I get bigger when I freeze

ANSWERS

1 erosion
2 evaporation
7 fog
1 ice
6 marsh
3 ocean
8 precipitation
5 river
3 spring
4 steam

CACHE COORDINATES

4 1 º A____ B____. C____ D____ E____ N
0 7 8 º F____ G____. H____ I____ J____W

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OPTIONAL
Solve the water puzzles.

1. Given two bowls: You have a 5-liter bowl, a 3-liter bowl, and an unlimited access to water. Measure exactly 4 liters?

2. Given two bowls: Measure 6 liters of water using only 4 and 9-liter bowls?

3. Given three bowls: You have bowls with 8, 5 and 3 liters capacity. Divide 8 liters in half (4 + 4 liters) with the minimum number of water transfers. Note that the 8-liter bowl is initially filled with 8 liters of water and the other two bowls are empty. That is all water you have.

4. Given three bowls: You have bowls with 7, 4 and 3 liters capacity. Only the 7-liter is full. Pouring the water the fewest number of times, make the quantities of 2, 2, and 3 liters.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

uggc://xvqf.avruf.avu.tbi/onlybe/jngrenzvgk.ugz ynetrsyngebpx

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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