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Draft North & East Metro Groundwater Management Area Plan 4-18 <br /> Objective III. Water Quality <br /> In the North & East Metro GWMA, movement of man-made contaminant plumes is a concern.The <br /> Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has designated five Special Well and Boring Construction Areas <br /> in the GWMA where groundwater contamination is a risk. Additionally,there are concerns over <br /> perfluorochemicals (PFC) detected in groundwater in several areas of southern Washington County <br /> (Figure 2-10). <br /> Special controls on the construction or modification of wells are enforced in the MDH designated areas <br /> to protect water supplies from known contamination.The potential effects of groundwater pumping <br /> outside of the plume boundaries on these contaminant plumes is also a concern and has been and will <br /> continue to be considered in evaluating of groundwater appropriation permit applications.These <br /> analyses are typically local in nature and address concerns for individual wells or groups of wells when <br /> they are proposed, but subregional scale analyses may also be employed,where needed. <br /> Avoiding groundwater contamination or the further spread of contamination may reduce the availability <br /> of clean groundwater in the North & East Metro GWMA. <br /> Gap Analysis and Recommendations <br /> The current situation suggests that more integration between the DNR, MPCA and MDH would be <br /> beneficial in the GWMA. <br /> 1 <br /> 76 <br />