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cr'\ ~~_ <br />~' ~ <br />,_, <br />~r - . <br />__, r <br />~-~~ <br />-~lI <br />® ~' - - - <br />~s ~_ ~ ~ , ~ <br />~~ <br />Environn~entcd Infornacation Management <br />System. Metropolitan Council. 200. <br />Metropolitan Council has a storehouse <br />of enviromnental irzfonnation, including <br />information on a variety of lake <br />znozitoring programs, data from the <br />~Iohuiteer Stream Monitoring Partnership; <br />and nrunerous other water quality <br />resotu-ces around the state. The new web <br />tool, at http://es.metc.st!te.rrui.us/eizns; <br />is called the Enviromnental Izuon-nnation <br />Management System (EIMS). It is <br />loaded with information to help with <br />enviromnental plaming and decision- <br />malang. The EIMS is a system for <br />providing timely and reliable infornation <br />for environmental planning and decision- <br />malsing for the metropolitan area of <br />Minneapolis and St. Paul Minntesota. <br />Metropolitan Council Enviromnental <br />Services, a division of the Metropolitan <br />Council, developed the EIMS to provide <br />access to environmental data, analysis, and <br />documents from vazious sources through a <br />single, integrated system. <br />Water resources Cuter <br />173 McNeal Hall <br />1985 Buford Ave <br />St. Paul, IAN 55108 <br />Address service requested <br />Sustainability oflLlznnesotas G(^oaind <br />YVater: c~ State(~(aent oflsszaes curd Needs. <br />Minnesota Department of Natural <br />Resources, Division of Waters. 2005. <br />Ground water is the source of dzinlcing <br />water for more than 75 percent of <br />Minnesotans. Therefore long-tern <br />around water supply is a continuing <br />concern. In response to a legislative <br />query, the department has completed <br />tlis brief report, which is now av~ulable <br />to the public at ww~v.dm-.state.znn.us/ <br />waters/. Tlis report surmn~irizes <br />research and discussions by department <br />staff durirzQ the 2004-OS biemium as to <br />how the concept of sustainability might <br />be defined and applied to water supply <br />management in Minnesota. The report <br />is fiuLher supported by infonszation <br />contained in a series of fact sheets that <br />will be accessible on the Web at the <br />same site. Several of the fact sheets are <br />available now and others will be added <br />as they are readied for publication. <br />N~NPr~~'~~ ~~a~a <br />J.S. PO~rI'AG~ PA~~ <br />1`+/f~NI~T~APOL~~, l~I~T <br />PErI~/Ji~'f' INTO. 155 <br /> <br />r.,r..a..,t.,..a..a.•,t'a..,:.r'_r~::r':r':r•:r•..., i"; ; -:. 7 ; r::rr.:; <br />~~ <br />.............k..............F .;..... <br />1::.''S:.' +': ~ :~...i ....: <br />~E"lC1F:'t l.(.Tr_`t ~ t~~f~i ._:;~;.i ~=~._...=_;~;.a ~' t::~~ <br />The University of Minnesota is an <br />equal opportunity employer and educator <br />Estinznted ilrithd(~a,•vls fi~on( P(~inci~cd <br />~luifers in the United States, ?000. United <br />States Geological Survey. 200. In its <br />latest report on water use in the U.S., the <br />stuvey loolLed at the nation's dependence <br />on ground ~a%ater. The report provides <br />details of ground water withdrawals and <br />ttse from principal aquifers in each state. <br />The sur-~%ey found that more than 90 <br />percent of ground water withdrawals are <br />used for irrigation, public supply, aiid self= <br />supplied industrial uses. On a daily basis, <br />76. ~ billion gallons are used for these <br />three purposes with irigation accounting <br />for nearly three-quarters of tlis amount. <br />The firll report is available online at: <br />http://pubs.water.usgs.go-v/circ 1279. <br />Recycled paper <br />- Printed on 100% post-consumer waste <br />~s~n~grarn _ ~~~~a~b~~ 2®®~ <br />