CC RES 95- 043 RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY EMERGENCY POTABLE WATER PLAN

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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY EMERGENCY POTABLE WATER PLAN Within the guidelines of Minnesota Statutes 103G.261, the City of St. Anthony has established an Emergency Potable Water Plan. This procedure covers plans during periods of limited water supply. These emergencies could be caused by accidental contamination, mechanical problems, power failures, drought and other natural disasters. DEFINITIONS OF WATER USE CATEGORIES Residential. Water use for normal household purposes, such as drinking, food preparation, bathing, washing clothes and dishes, flushing toilets, and watering lawns and gardens. Also called domestic water use. Commercial. Water used by motels, hotels, restaurants, office building, commercial facilities, and institutions, both civilian and military. Industrial. Water used for thermoelectric power(electric utility generation) and other industrial uses such as steel, chemical and allied products, paper and allied products, mining and petroleum refining. Irrigation. Artificial application of water on lands to assist in the growing of crops and pastures or maintaining recreational lands such as parks and golf courses. Unaccounted. Unaccounted for water is the volume of withdrawn minus the volume sold. Institutional. Hospital, nursing homes, day care centers, and other facilities that use water for essential domestic requirements. These facilities are normally categorized as a commercial water use, but may want to maintain separate institutional water use records for emergency planning and allocation purposes. Wholesale Deliveries. Bulk water sales to other public water suppliers. Note: Non-essential water uses defined by Minnesota Statutes 103G.291, include lawn sprinkling, vehicle washing, golf course and park irrigation and other non-essential uses. Some of the categories listed above will also include non-essential uses of water because it is not possible for water suppliers to separate these uses for individual accounts. The City is responsible to State Health Department and the city residents to respond to any water supply emergency as soon as possible. All calls must be documented as to the time of the call or disaster and our response. All chain of events must be documented and reported to the City Manager, Director of Public Works and City Council. The departments that will be • involved with bring the water system back to a normal working system are, Police Department, Fire Department and Public Works Department.