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WS — Item 5a. <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item 5a. <br />Date: June 4, 2007 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Verne Jacobsen, TKDA <br />Re: Water Emergency and Conservation Plan <br />Background <br />Public water suppliers that service more than 1,000 people are required to have a Water <br />Emergency and Conservation Plan approved by the Department of Natural Resources <br />(Minnesota Statutes 103G.291). These plans were first required in 1996 and must be <br />updated every ten years. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has prepared a <br />schedule for each public water supplier, with a due date for the City of Lino Lakes of <br />October 15, 2007. The plan must address supply and demand reduction measures and <br />allocation priorities and must identify alternative sources of water for use in an <br />emergency. <br />The current Water Emergency and Conservation Plan was created by TKDA in 1997 and <br />revised in 2004 to meet the requirements of a federal mandate of the USEPA, under the <br />Homeland Security Act. That federal mandate required the City of Lino Lakes to prepare <br />a Water System Vulnerability Assessment and amend and update the Water Emergency <br />and Conservation Plan with the purpose of evaluating the existing security of the water <br />system. <br />The Water Emergency and Conservation Plan Benchmarks and Conservation Measures <br />are below. The City must address these items through their report to the DNR. <br />Benchmarks and Conservation Measures. The annual DNR Appropriation permit <br />approvals will be based on meeting specified benchmarks listed below. If water demands <br />exceed Benchmarks for unaccounted water, residential per capita, and peak demands then <br />permit approval will be contingent on implementation of one or all the listed <br />Conservation Measures or Programs until the benchmark is achieved. <br />1 <br />