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c a 29 deg Ce(ayeaa 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (612) 484 -2177 / FAX: (612) 484 -4538 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Hanson & Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: March 5, 1993 RE: Engineer's Proposal for Water Supply Study MAYOR Raymond G. Hanson COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Jim LaValle Steve Morelan Bob Pedersen ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Hanson As you may recall, water rates associated with our purchase of water from the City of St. Paul are increasing 19% in 1993. We have budgeted approximately $490,000 for the purchase of water during this calendar year. Based on this cost, I feel it is appropriate for us to consider other alternatives which could result in a lower cost for the supply of water to our consumers. Ideally, we would like to provide comparable quality water at a much reduced cost. To that end, I had our Engineers do some initial evaluation of this matter. Based on some rough figures, it appears that further analysis is warranted. Therefore, I have asked them to submit the attached proposal whereby we can be furnished with more detailed information upon which additional analyses can be made. The criteria we want the Engineers to consider in this proposal are as follows: * Immediate construction of two wells with the addition of a third well at a later date to provide us with needed supply capabilities. * Water treatment that would provide softened water comparable to what we now received from the City of St. Paul. * Water treatment to remove only iron and maganize, but not soften the water. The quality of this water will exceed that provided by many Metropolitan cities, but would not be softened as St. Paul water presently is. We would then have to consider whether the net savings for this Page 54