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RESOLUTION 88-015 . <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. OF THE CITY OF <br /> ST. ANTHONY AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR <br /> A TEMPORARY GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC) <br /> WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM <br /> WHEREAS, in. 1982 , certain volatile organic chemicals .(VOC' s) were <br /> discovered in the municipal water system of the .City of St. <br /> Anthony; and <br /> WHEREAS,. these chemical contaminants include 1,1, 2 <br /> Trichloroethylene (TCE) and other organic solvents; and <br /> WHEREAS, as a result of this contamination problem the <br /> Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Minnesota Pollution <br /> Control Agency (MPCA) , using Superfund dollars, began, a <br /> multimillion dollar study to determine the- source of this <br /> contamination and to develop a remedy for the regional <br /> groundwater contamination; and <br /> WHEREAS, as part of this investigation, several hundred potential <br /> sources of the regional groundwater contamination problem were- <br /> identified and then eliminated from consideration as. potential <br /> sources. As a result of this investigation, the Twin Cities Army <br /> Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) and the Trio Solvents site remain as the <br /> only possible ' sources of -this major groundwater contamination <br /> problem; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony is directly downgradient from <br /> TCAAP; and <br /> WHEREAS, levels of contamination in the City' s well #3 rose <br /> steadily from 19721 resulting in issuance of a health advisory <br /> from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) in February., of <br /> 1984 . In that advisory the MDH recommended that the City remove <br /> Well #3 from service. At that point, levels of TCE in Well #3 <br /> were generally in the 10 to 15 parts per billion (ppb) range; and <br /> WHEREAS, because the remaining two St. Anthony municipal wells <br /> did not have sufficient water production capacity to meet <br /> expected summer water and fire protection demands, the MPCA <br /> declared an emergency and authorized the use of Superfund <br /> dollars to make an interconnection with the Roseville water <br /> system to provide a 15-20; supplement for the City' s summer water <br /> needs; and <br /> WHEREAS, the MPCA in the fall of 1985 statistically documented <br /> an increasing trend of TCE contamination in the City of St. . <br /> Anthony' s Well #4 and recommended a feasibility study to find a <br /> long-term water supply alternative. This study resulted in <br /> choosing a granular. activated carbon (GAC) water filtration <br /> system as the permanent solution to St. Anthony' s water <br />