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C) Preparing, enacting and enforcing a residential irrigation ban when the level of White Bear Lake is below 923.5 feet, to continue until the lake has reached an elevation of 924 feet. The preparation and enactment of this process will be completed within 6 months of this order. D) Requiring that all existing permits include an enforceable plan to phase down per capita residential water use to 75 gallons per day and total per capita water use to 90 gallons per day. The enactment of this requirement will be completed no later than 1 year from the date of this order. E) Immediately amending all permits within the five mile radius of White Bear Lake to require that within one year of the date of this order, permittees submit a contingency plan in their water supply plans for conversion to total or partial supply from surface water sources. This contingency plan will include a schedule for funding design, construction and conversion to surface water supply. The Court notes that while the DNR has previously ignored the mandate of this statute, submission of these water supply conversion plans is required for the issuance of permits. Whether any conversion would occur shall be determined by the DNR and the affected communities. F) Requiring that all groundwater permittees report annually to the DNR on collaborative efforts with other northeast metro communities to develop plans as described in (D), above. 5. The DNR shall issue no groundwater appropriation permits unless it has sufficient hydrologic data to understand the impact, whether cumulative or otherwise, of those groundwater appropriations on White Bear Lake and the Prairie du Chien -Jordan Aquifer. 6. The DNR shall work with the Metropolitan Council to evaluate current conservation goals and update them as needed. 7. The DNR shall require that water supply plans include measurable conservation goals and shall evaluate compliance with water conservation requirements on all permits 138