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SECTION C. Source of Water Supply. All potable water that is distributed to our residents is purchased from the St. Paul Water Utility. Our contract with the St. Paul Water Utility does not state a maximum usage for the City of Little Canada. However, it does state that they will provide enough potable water to meet our usage needs. The St. Paul Utility can produce an average of 52 MG of potable water per day. As stated in the St. Paul Water Utility conservation and emergency response plan, their water source is a combination of surface and ground waters. Please, refer to the St. Paul Water Utility conservation and emergency response plan for more details. The St Paul Water Utility provides water to the City of Little Canada via gravity through pipelines connected to their Low Service Reservoir located on the north side of their water treatment plant. This reservoir has a capacity of 16 million gallons. If the Low Service Reservoir is off line, the St. Paul Water Utility can also provide water to the City of Little Canada from their 20 million gallon Finished Water Reservoir. The City does have one well located at Pioneer Park, but it is used only for irrigation purposes. SECTION D. Adequacy of System to Supply Demand. Refer to the St. Paul Water Utility conservation and emergency response plan for more information in this area. It is our understanding that the St. Paul Water Utility has significant unused capacity within their source water and treatment facilities. Given the expected growth in Little Canada's demand, St. Paul Water Utility should have sufficient capacity to supply Little Canada well into the foreseeable future. The City of Little Canada distribution system is in general, designed to meet our future population and consumption needs. A map of our existing distribution system is attached as Appendix A. The majority of the projected population increase is anticipated in areas easily accessible from our existing system. No major changes are planned at this time. Future changes would only accommodate redevelopment and increase efficiency of the system. The Twin Lake area, located in the northwest corner of the City of Little Canada, currently has no city water. A loop from our existing system to this area would be very costly. Discussions are underway with the City of Vadnais Heights to have them supply potable water to this area. It is estimated that this area could be connected to the City of Vadnais Heights water system by 2003. Page 124