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Project Description and. Justification's Please provide a detailed descriptionof the.project. Along.with the projectdescription.please include its purpose justification on why it should receive funding; and local benefit. The project includes design and construction of a new' water supply system to provide safedrinking water to numerous residents because of recently discovered contamination of local private wells.. With. the majority of the.City's residents served -by private wells,:a new water distribution system to be supplied by neighboringcommunities.is.proposed to ensure those affected .by the recently discovered water quality issue can -be provided a safe,: reliable potable water service. Sampling performed recently by the: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). and Minnesota Department (if Health (.MDH)Aetected 1,4-dioxane; a likely human carcinogen, in sevcral.priVate wells in Gem Lake.. The MPCA has.been providing residents.with bottled water, which is appreciated, but is a. short-term solution. Safe drinking water is of paramount irnportance.for all Minnesota. residents. While the cause of the contamination has not been narrowed to one source, the. residents, of Gem Lake are not responsible for it, nor did they contribute to the issue.. This. is very much an unexpected. issue and is. a burden for the residents from a health and safety perspective, but atso from a financial perspective. The cost to complete a water distribution system for the priority areas. (those with contaminated wells) is approximately S6.85 million, which -isn't affordable to be spread across the 174.households that live in. Gem Lake. This is particularly the case because these. same: households have been investing in and maintaining the it -own groundwater wells. The -local benefits.include ensuring safe drinking water for Gem Lake residents. This,has.long term positive impacts for the health of residents. Another benefit%of:the project is that hydrants will be installed and connected to. the .new Water distribution' sys tem, allowing the local firedepartment to more effectively Fight any fires within the community. d. Use. of Funds Pleasetell us, spec f cally how funds will be, used for the. project.. Fund will be used to design and construct new watermams, krvice.11ifo, and connections and.to install hydrants and -gate valve assemblies, along with new interconnections and metering stations. The: funding requested would cover both. construction :and planning/design costs and also includes the removals and restoration necessary to complete the. project. 5. Eligibility's Please tell. us how this project meets the eligibility requirements of the subcommittee. Download onto Wee ee o d u 9Ug&di(X9H dm=. G�' This project is eligible under the. InteriodEnvironmentsubcommitree, through the. EPA STAG Drinking Water program. Specifically, this project fits within -the following eligible areas: 1. Facilitate: compliance with.national primary drinking. water regulations or address serious risks to public health, 2. Rehabilitate or develop water sources (excluding reservoirs, dams, dam rehabilitation and water rights) to replace contaminated sources; and 3. Projects to.consolidate water supplies — for example, .whm individual homes or other public water supplies have a wafer supply that is contaminated.. 6. Project Website.* If submilling a.pmject under the EcanomicDevelap►neittInitiatives (EMI) account in the Transportation, Mousing and Urban Development' subconrniittee, Please add a link to your projecf's website or a link to an existing CDBG grawee's Consolidated Plan or annual Action plan. if available. Otherwise, type Nit. NA 7. Supplemental Materials' The accounts below require supplemental. application materials. Please..answer.yes if your.proposal is in any of the accounts below. Interior; Environment, and Related Agendies . Sub cow mittee ■ EPA, .state and Tribal Assistance Grants; Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds ■ Indian Health Service, Sanitation Facilities Construction ■ Nmional:Park Service, Historic Preservation Fund .[HPF) • U:S. Forest Service, State and Private Forestry;: Forest Resource. Informationand Analysis r Land Management Agencies, Local .Projects and Research Bureau.of Indian. Affairs Operation of tndian Programs; Special Initiatives EPA, Science and Technology, Research: National Priorities: • EPA, State and Tribal. Assistancc Grants (STAG), STAG Infrastructure .Grants Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee ■ Housing. and Urban Development (HUD) Economic Development Initiatives.(EM) for economic development projects Yes