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• Chapter 8. Water Supply As of August 11, 2008 Introduction: • The.City of Lino Lakes has a total area of 21,450 acres, of which about 3,000 acres of land is occupied by the Chain of Lakes Regional Park and 520 acres by the Interstate 35W and 35E corridors. The remainder of the City includes extensive wetland areas and several small lakes. The existing City water system consists of five active wells, two elevated storage tanks, a booster station, and a system of trunk and lateral watermains ranging in size from 6 inches to 16 inches. The City does not treat its water at a central treatment facility. However the City does provide a chemical addition at each well to disinfect, fluoridate, and control iron and manganese amounts. The water system serves approximately 4,200 properties and maintains 7 interconnections to neighboring cities water systems as shown on the attached Water System map. The water system daily demand averaged 1.6 million gallons per day in 2007. The peak day demand (the largest daily water use in a given year) in 2007 was 6.1 million gallons. The water supplied by the five wells is pumped from the Jordan Sandstone Aquifer (groundwater aquifer), which is considered to be an abundant water source, which meets all health requirements. To ensure that the ground water aquifers remain an abundant water source and can meet future water demands the City of Lino Lakes and state agencies are working to implement water conservation measures. The 2008 Water Plan Update addresses water system requirements into the future to allow for their fiscal, as well as physical implementation, while still remaining consistent with land -use expectations. The 2008 Water Plan provides recommendations and guidance to the City by evaluating the comprehensive water system requirements needed from now to the year 2030 and beyond. This is completed by developing a strategy to implement a water system in accordance with the anticipated growth and development patterns of the City and devising a proposed infrastructure system that can be feasibly and economically constructed to support this growth. The 2008 Water Plan provides documentation that can be used by state, local, and regional agencies for planning purposes. This chapter summarizes the full Plan. Figure 8 -1, Existing Water System depicts the starting point of this Chapter. The scope of the full Plan is to document water system requirements for the City. The scope is limited to providing general guidance and location information for implementing future trunk water lines, wells, booster stations, storage, and treatment facilities, based on anticipated long -term growth. A major focus of this Plan is estimating the projected water demand from the City and the required capital improvements through 2030. At the same time, a long -term (beyond 2030) evaluation is necessary to determine future major facility requirements. 8 -1