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December 18, 1c Z� age put St. Anthony high on list Past contamination and young Ahi � $20 ST. ANTHONY WATER clude ways to address problems t;cn is more effective way to en- —from page 4 such as residents applying yard c:,urage people to use less Me me. quickly,he said.Water which is fertilizers in the capture zone, water.-There are lots of things the � only a few decades old is con- he said. sidered more vulnerable to con- The wellhead protection pro- ciy can do to conserve water tamination from fertilizers or gram is part of an effort by the by education," Hamer said, chemicals from industry,which Metropolitan Council to encour- -rather than through pricing." have been used more exten- age safe watercording tor con- the city can provide Gary cn using less water for lawnat�i�on sively in recent decades,Olsen servation, said. Oberts, who reviewed St. An- and to wash cars,and can teach Older water,which might have thony's water conservation plan. conservation in the schools,he L Oberts said the legislature said. percolated underground a cen- asked the Met Council to look The city council cosave es opposes tury ago, is less likely to have been contaminated by such at cities'water supplies following 'cranking up p chemicals. the 1988 drought. He said leg- water,' he said. � tors thought that cities might Hamer said the city is work- I Those two factors, the past Isla 9 contamination and the relative- not be doing enough to con- Ing with the Hennepin County c cyoung age of the drinking serve water and some suppliers Conservation District to prepare ly plans in place to re- for the state wellhead protection water, pushed St. Anthony up didn't have _ ergencies.All cities program when the rules come on the state's list, Olsen said. spond to em Officials made the list because have prepared water conserva- out next summer. there are many suppliers, and tion plans which the Met Council According to Jim Japs, man- the state won't be able to enter will review and the Department ager of the DNR's water appro- all suppliers into the safe water of Natural Resources(DNR)will priatDNRlon haspermit reviewed St.Anthony's plan at once. Those higher on approve. the list will need to comply with omm Council ndtthe DNR focus on tus from the Met aned it to the city for cordrec- the rules first. He said nearby cities,such as the need for additional water tions. New Brighton,which were also conservation steps in St. Japs said some info and affected by the contamination, Anthony. Oberts said St. An- was missing from the plan into thony's water conservation plan the DNR wanted more detaillros aquifers which are deeper ub7j have some wells that extend n- starts with an emergency dec- the city's conservation p l- laration by the cityco�ne council. siah as demand-reduction derground, reducing their vu � _ nerability. "It's not always emergency cy Pn Olsen said the state's rules that requires conservation." he Oberts' report also recom- y reduce un- should be ready this summer. die ake steps toThe Met 'Ico suggests metered tpubliche twater use from Eventually,all cities will need to percent ercent to below the recom- follow the rules, under a pro- water at all times, he said. gram known as the wellhead According to Oberts report mended Hamer said most unmetered protection program, to protect on St. Anthony's plan, the city their water supplies from possi- charges a single rate of $1.20 water is used tocleannnd for'fe- ' ble future contamination. per 1,000 gallons of water,a rate water filter syste Cities will 'need to know the slightly below the regional aver- fighting. The old limit, he said, 15 percent. area, called a capture zone, age. But tquires that the cities he report notes that w Overall, Oberts said St. where their underground water the law re 'pretty comes from, Olsen said, and at least consider the possibility Anthony's noted that the city develop plans to protect it. of instituting a"conservation-ori- officials saved money by writing They'll need to look at land use entad rate structure."n Pub- the plans themselves rather than '= x above the water supply, includ- harry Hamer,St.Anthony has d days ing,for example,locations of gas lic works director, co serve hiring Japs said the city m to do d. stations, old dumps or busi- changing rates to respond to the DNR's com- r nesses that use chemicals. water is a"drastic"measure and mentt. In addition,the plan might in- that city officials believe oduca- FREE -a,b 'y ou Horse-Drawn y 'sf Carriage Rides - at St. Anthony imp,