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i • <br />i o; <br />� <br />e <br />�anc <br />Arne <br />TnTs yf <br />�place the � <br />times, itsi <br />reasons s� <br />All uo <br />vote on'.tr <br />amendmE <br />'this as a v <br />_ � . <br />� ' � � - <br />� , ; ' <br />♦; 'i'• <br />- <br />� legislature voted to <br />Water Land and Legacy <br />the November election <br />some of the facts about <br />as it will appear on the <br />nnesota Constitution be <br />cate funding to protect <br />er sources; to protect, <br />tore our wetlands, prai- <br />fish, game, and wildlife <br />rve our arts and cultural <br />ort our parks and trails; <br />zhance, and restore our <br />ams, and groundwater <br />sales and use tax rate <br />2009, by three-eighths of <br />�xable sales until the year <br />�ent is a temporary <br />ig twenty-five years. The <br />by the legislature specifi- <br />inding among four pur- <br />: 33% for water quality, <br />habitat, 19.75% for arts <br />�urces, and 14.25% for <br />If passed, this change will <br />imately $300 million per <br />lars. The cost — three- <br />ercent an taxable sales <br />half cents on a ten dollar <br />�oes not include items <br />d from sales tax such as <br />a, amending the constitu- <br />nechanism for creating a <br />�unding source. Minne- <br />�n has been amended 119 <br />r limited-term funding <br />:a this proposal. <br />ve the opportunity to <br />ndment. If you sl<ip the <br />stion, the state counts <br />the "no" column. <br />� r . � r <br />As of August 4, 2008, anyone in the <br />State of Minnesota constructing a potable <br />well must test the water for arsenic. Revi- <br />sions to Minnesota Rules Chapter 4725 <br />(Minnesota Well Code) also specify that <br />water analysis results be given to the Min- <br />nesota Department of Health (MDH) and <br />the well owner within 30 days. Current <br />data estimates indicate that about half <br />the wells in Minnesata contain detect- <br />able levels of naturally-occurring arsenic, <br />with 15 percent of all wells at leveis af at <br />least 10 micrograms per liter, which is the <br />maximum MDH-recommended limit for <br />private well water. <br />If arsenic levels exceed 10 micrograms <br />� <br />per liter, MDH staff will send the well <br />owner an arsenic brochure, a contact list, <br />a letter offering technical assistance to <br />minimize arsenic exposure, and infarma- <br />tion on effective water treatment tech- <br />nologies. <br />Studies have linl<ed prolonged ex- <br />posure to arsenic to a number of health <br />problems, including high blood pressure, <br />diabetes, circulatory diseases and some <br />cancers. <br />Recently updated infarmation an <br />arsenic in well water is available at the <br />MHD Web page: http://www.health.state <br />.mn.us/divs/eh/wells/waterquality <br />/arsenic.html. <br />September 2008 <br />