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<br />1 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />Council Meetin <br />December 13, 1 <br /> <br />Council <br /> <br />Page 12 <br /> <br />continued <br /> <br />Thielow replie , "we certainly hope not". <br /> <br />Benke said, "for all intensive purposes, the lawsuit against the <br />Army and other has been settled". <br /> <br />Capta in Mark onnor, Army L i gati on Branch, presented the Army' s <br />rationale to t e opposition of the construction of Well #13. <br /> <br />The Army has p blicly stated their opposition to the construction <br />of Well #13; nd feels it is not consistent with the National <br />Consistency Pl n. <br /> <br />Well #13 will ot be a primary source of water for the City and is <br />not necessary, because Well #7's contamination is going to exceed <br />the dri nki ng w ter standards. For the 1 ast two years, the water <br />from Well #7 h s remained in the 1-2 ppb range. <br /> <br />In the settlem nt agreement, the City agreed that it would take at <br />least 80% of it drinking water from the GAC system. The GAC system <br />will produce a least 270% of the City's average daily demand. It <br />would not meet eak demands, but with the help from the City's other <br />deepened wells there does not seem to be a problem. <br /> <br />Upon completio of the permanent GAC system, and without the use of <br />Well #7, the Ci y will have a production capacity of 10.9 mgd. This <br />is in excess of the highest recorded peak usage day in City history. <br /> <br />The Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) system, can treat any <br />contami nate kn wn at TCCAP. The Army has i nsta 11 ed a "barri er <br />system", which was originally a five well barrier system. Since <br />these wells we e installed, the Army has installed an additional <br />seven new wells, which are not yet in operation. In addition, <br />a system called TGRS, which is a boundary system, is being installed <br />in the Arsenal. By pumping these wells, and bringing the water into <br />the Army's tre tment system, the clean-up will be accelerated. <br /> <br />The Army and Honeywell has signed an agreement pertaining to <br />response acti 0 s. As a part of thi s agreement, Honeywell will <br />construct PGRS What is proposed is a system of five wells between <br />BGRS and the C ty of New Brighton. This system should pick-up 80% <br />of all contami ants in the area. The 80% factor is a minimum, and <br />hopefully this will increase. <br /> <br />The Army's ans er to this problem is to pump ground water and treat <br />it. It is imp rtant for people to realize that Well #13 does not <br />treat contami nated ground water; Well #13 pumps water from an <br />uncontaminated aquifer. <br /> <br />Council Business <br /> <br />Presentation of EPA <br />Covering Replacement <br />of Well #7 <br />Report 88-349 <br />