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libiglfw Report Number 13-233 Agenda Section VI-3 Council Meeting Date October 8, 2013 the city that works for you REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM DESCRIPTION: ACCEPTANCE OF FINAL APPROVAL FOR CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON WELLHEAD PROTECTION PLAN, CITY PROJECT 08-4. DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL: (tea-i'.) CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL: No comments to supplement this repo Comments attached _ Recommendation: To Accept final appr al of the City of New Brighton's Part 2 Wellhead Protection Plan, and authorize the following: 1. Begin implementation of our wellhead protection plan (Minnesota Rules, part 4720.5560, subpart 1); and, 2. Notify all local units of government within the drinking water supply management area of the adoption of our plan(Minnesota Rules,part 4720.5560, subpart 2). Legislative History: On January 22, 2008 the City Council authorized Barr Engineering to prepare a Wellhead and Source Water Protection Plan for the City of New Brighton. Barr has completed Part 1 of the Plan, and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) approved Part 1 on June 23, 2010. The Public Hearing for Part 1 was held on August 11, 2010. The Public Hearing for Part 2 was held on May 28, 2013 and the Minnesota Department of Health(MDH) approved Part 2 on August 29, 2013. Financial Impact: According to a Minnesota Department of Health report, 26 community water supplies in Minnesota have spent more than $44 million over a 12-year period of time to provide safe and adequate drinking water to their consumers following groundwater contamination of their wells. This report and another U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report concluded it is far more cost effective to prevent contamination through wellhead protection than treating contaminated groundwater. Explanation: The process to create Well Head Protection Area (WHPA) and Drinking Water Supply Management Area(DWSMA) consists of two parts. Our full plan development took us nearly 5 years to complete and will be updated every ten years going forward. Part 1 consists of: 1. Collecting physical data on the aquifer and land use in recharge area 2. Delineating the WHPA and DWSMA 3. Conducting vulnerability assessments 4. Submitting reports to and gaining approval from MDH for the WHPA and DWSMA 5. Project administration Part 2 consists of: 1. The inventory of potential contaminants of concern within the Drinking Water Supply Management Area(DWSMA); 2. The data that was considered in this portion of the plan;