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3 3 • The City will work to maintain or improve the current level of water quality so that the municipal water supply will continue to meet or exceed all applicable state and federal water quality standards. • Since New Brighton’s Primary DWSMA extends into surrounding cities, the City will, to the extent possible and practicable, work with the surrounding cities with the goal of protecting the source water aquifers. • The City will provide information to the public and promote activities that protect the City’s source water aquifers. These activities will result in increased public awareness of the Wellhead and Source Water Protection Program and groundwater-related issues and include activities to manage the identified potential contaminant sources within the DWSMAs. • The City will continue to compile data from their wells and available public sources to support future wellhead and source water protection efforts. These goals for the City’s Wellhead and Source Water Protection Program will be achieved through the following existing and planned activities: • Well management 1. Encouraging the proper sealing of all unused wells within the Primary DWSMA. 2. Encouraging proper management of existing wells in the Primary DWSMA. 3. Identification of new high-capacity wells in or near the DWSMAs. • Potential contaminant source properties 1. Encouraging the proper operation of storage tanks. 2. Encouraging proper handling of chemicals/wastes. 3. Notifying owners of potential Class V well properties of requirements related to Class V wells. 4. Periodically obtaining information on the status of various permits associated with potential contaminant sources from the regulating agencies to allow timely recognition of potential problems arising at a particular property that could affect the municipal water supply. 5. Continue to operate the PGACWTF to address the contaminant plume from the TCAAP site. • Public education 1. Providing the public with information regarding the water quality of the City’s drinking water, 2. Improving public awareness and understanding of the City’s Wellhead Protection Program • Land use management 1. Inclusion of wellhead and source water protection into the City’s planning process. • Continued data collection 1. Recording static and pumping water levels in the New Brighton municipal wells. 2. Compilation of additional local geologic and hydrogeologic data as it becomes available from public sources. 3. Periodic compilation of updated information on potential contaminant sources within the DWSMAs.