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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br /> REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION <br /> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> Date Submitted Type of Action Requested Agenda Item Number <br /> Resolution New Business-3 <br /> -March 'u. 19841 ordinance <br /> Date Action -Reque Formal Action/Motion Title Water Contamina- <br /> X_ Other f.tion, Update/Recommenda- <br /> March� '13, A9104 tions <br /> ----77---------------7----------------------------- <br /> TO: Mayor �Lnd Councilmen <br /> FROM: David M. Childs , City Manager <br /> — -------------------------------------------------------- <br /> -SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF SUBJECT: The discovery of certain Volatile Organic Hydro- <br /> -carbons (VOC's) in the St. Anthony Village water. supply- in 1982, marked ,the' beginning <br /> of a. number of activities by the City staff as we-] ] as by the State Department of <br /> Health, Minnesota -Pollution Control Agency and the U.S..EPA. <br /> First-, -City wells were monitored closely by the City and MPCA and results are <br /> shown on the, attached chart. <br /> Secondly, study of possible solutions began by the Ciiy, and the state and <br /> federa,l governments. <br /> A. The C-ity hi,red Bonestr6o and Associates to study several alternatives , <br /> includi'ng: <br /> 1 . Deepening of Wells #3, A, and #5. <br /> 2. Carbon filtration. <br /> .3. Encasing Well #3 into the dolomite strata. <br /> B. U.S.EPA commissioned an interim study by CH2M Hill for temporary measures <br /> �hould City wells, be shut down. <br /> The U.S .,EPA has. -authorized a .$1 .7 million two year study to identify the <br /> --source br sources of contamination with the ultimate goal of "pinning the <br /> �blame on somebody" through, scientific ana.1y.sis. <br /> D. St. Anthony has hired Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc. to study the "Roseville <br /> Connection". Their preliminary report has just been received. <br /> Third, efforts have been ongoing to keep our residents informed of the status <br /> of the problem and our actions to find a solution. <br /> In December of 1983, 1 wrote a letter (attached) to the Health Department -concerning <br /> the realiability of Well #3 as a City water supply. We have received a response <br /> from them dated February 29, 1934. <br /> CTVY .MANAGER'S REVI�W: _ COMMENTS :. <br />