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City of Little Canada <br />Water Conservation <br />And <br />Emergency Response Plan <br />INTRODUCTION <br />This Water Conservation and Emergency Response Plan provides the City of Little <br />Canada and its residents with procedures for optimizing available water resources as well <br />as procedures to improve emergency preparedness. <br />PART I <br />WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION <br />The City of Little Canada has no water production capabilities. The water used in the <br />City is purchased from the St. Paul Water Utility. The City has a Meter House located on <br />St. Paul Water Utility property just north of Roselawn Avenue where all water supplied <br />to Little Canada is metered. <br />The City's water distribution system became operational in 1972 with the construction of <br />feeder mains. The system grew and a water tower and pumping station were added in <br />1978. Today the water distribution system consists of a network of 39 miles of water <br />mains, a 2700 GPM pumping station, and a 1,500,000 gallon water tower. <br />SECTION A. Analysis of Water Demand <br />Historic Water use is summarized in Table I -1 below. As shown, Little Canada's <br />population has steadily grown over the last 10 year period. The 1991 through 1999 <br />population figures are estimates based on new building permit information. Based on the <br />small amount of land available for future residential development and the number of <br />people per household, the population is expected to level off near 10,000. <br />You will note that the number of gallons of water purchased from the St. Paul Water <br />Utility varies from year to year. This use variation can best be explained by the <br />following three reasons: <br />• The weather cycles we have experienced (i.e. the wetter the summer, the less <br />water used by our residents). <br />• New residential growth in 1995/1996 as well as in 1998 /1999. These areas <br />were establishing new lawns and shrubs, which requires more intense <br />sprinkling. <br />• Water use by St. Jude Medical, that is our largest industrial water user. Their <br />water use is based on sales and production cycles. <br />Page 121 <br />