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Apri121, 2008 TO: Mark Maloney GLWMO FROM: Tom Petersen SUBJECT: Support for Revising/Updating the Ramsey County Groundwater Quality Protection Plan The Ramsey Conservation District (RCD) requests your assistance/partnership in the revision of the Ramsey County Groundwater Quality Protection Plan. We are requesting a resolution of support for the revision and a $1,500.00 financial contribution towards costs associated with revising the Plan. If necessary, your contribution could be payable to the RCD in 2009. We estimate that it will cost between $97,000 and $117,000 to revise/update and publish the plan. We have been promised funding from the following WMOs in Ramsey County, (i.e., RCWD ($lOK), R- WMWD ($ l OK), CRWD ($ l OK), VLAWMO ($3K), and VBWD ($750.00), GLWO (?????). In addition to WMO financial partnership, we will receive $32,000 in BWSR NRBG funds, $10,000 from the St. Paul Regional Water Authority, $10,000 from the Ramsey County Environmental Health Dept.., and the RCD will provide approximately $30,000 in in-kind staff contribution. The RCD intends to revise the plan over an 18- month period of time beginning in June 2008. To proceed, we are seeking the support and financial assistance of local water management organizations, Ramsey County, and the St. Paul Regional Water Service. The RCD sought the responsibility of preparing a comprehensive ground water protection plan for Ramsey County in 1991, pursuant to MN statutes 103B.255 (Metropolitan Groundwater Management). The RCD completed the first plan in early 1996 for adoption by the County Board in May of that year. The current plan extended through 2006. Per provisions of Minnesota statute and the plan, a revision is necessary to reflect current conditions and new science-based knowledge of groundwater resources in Ramsey County.. Much has changed since the first plan was created. We are able to detect and define groundwater contamination sites with increased accuracy and frequency. We have acounty-wide groundwater flow model that allows us to better understand the effects of wellhead interference and the effect this may have on the spread of known groundwater contamination. The MN BWSR and Metropolitan Council, through local comprehensive plan approval, requires local governments, including water organizations, to address the protection of groundwater resources.. Ramsey County lies at the center of the water-rich Twin Cities Aquifer. Our residents and industries are more dependent then ever on clean groundwater resources for potable water supply. If we are to maintain our quality of life and economic opportunities, we must act now to conserve our groundwater resources. A revised groundwater plan will lead to this resolve..