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-- 6 <br />C St.. -Paul Pioneer Press Wed., May 10, '61 lake Elmo OKs <br />_ ---- Water System <br />A proposal for a $180,000 <br />- -- - - - water system in Lake Elmo <br />won on its second time <br />around in a referendum Tues- <br />day. <br />- - - - - The plan, which needed <br />only a ,majority, carried by <br />- - a vote of 134 to' 127. Last _ <br />!Nov. 8, the proposal lost in <br />- - a general election vote by <br />152 to 151. <br />-- - - t t 1 <br />--- - _- Under a new s a e aw, <br />Tuesday's referendum was <br />not needed, but it had been -- - - <br />called. before the legislature <br />adopted the law. <br />The proposed water works <br />will be financed by assess- — - <br />ments of $4 a front foot, a <br />$100 connection charge and a, - <br />10-mill tax levy. <br />The village council ordered <br />- the referendum after two <br />tests of 49 wells for water <br />contamination. Forty - o n e _ <br />wells showed some improve- <br />-- ---- -- - - ment between the tests, but <br />eight were in worse condition <br />- - - --- the second time. Only 12 wells <br />passed the tests, having less <br />-- - - - - than one part per million of — <br />nitrate nitrogen. <br />