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the Twin Cities, is an area where new public water supply wells have increased total pumping. <br />Figure I I shows the locations of new high-capacity wells that have been put into service since 1990. <br />The Metropolitan Council has not explicitly predicted future groundwater use in the seven-county <br />metropolitan area; however, they hive predicted future water demand. Figurc L2 is the Metropolitan <br />Council's estimate of water demand in 2004 and their projection For water demand in 2050. "Phis <br />prediction does not differentiate between groundwater use and surface-water use. <br />2oww~erage w.re. oema~a t+nc W <br />dam-oro <br />s ~,,.o,o <br />o~i-neo <br />]il I.iO <br />s xso <br />s ~ ,~Y <br />~soo-~aaa <br />. a~ ~~ <br />Yom.-.~a <br />2050 hmraaJe Water UemaM ~M90~ <br />~av a:.. <br />Aso am <br />~ . <br />Iv >a ~;; <br />~o> •~ <br />~ ~ ~_ " _. <br />-.i"~ .- <br />r <br />Figure 12 Metropolitan Council (2007b) Estimates for Water Demand in 20U4 and 2050 <br />2.7 Groundwater Use in <br />the Elk River Area <br />Groundwater in the Elk River area is used <br />for municipal water supplies (e.g., Elk <br />River Municipal Utilises, Ostego, <br />Albertville, Ramsey), Irrigation <br />(especially sod-farm irrigation), aggregate <br />processing (mainly as wash water) and in <br />the Ramsey area, as part of the pump-out <br />system of a groundwater remediation <br />program. Locations of these groundwater <br />uses are shown on Figure l3. Of course, <br />I'. <br />~ t}~~aa ~~~ ..,o,,.o. <br />~ ~ >e e <br />y' <br />~~ ~kRrygc 1y~ ~-• ~_~~~~ <br />~, <br />r <br />®t f, ' ~, <br />r <br />r <br />~~ • ~` '~ A ~~~` ~ ~' . <br />.,A MAR ~'s~i ~'. ~ P ~> .~ ~ . <br />r"~~ n ~. • , r~~ ,~ <br />t . \ ... a c+ ~1 j ~' ~~1 <br />~ ~ ~1 <br />~~ y +~ ~ °' <br />Oisegb ~ <br />. ~ ~~ ~S~Xi~~ <br />Albe a ~ <br />Qo <br />Figure 13 Groundwater Use in [he Elk River Area <br />P:AMpls\23 btNV71A2371105 W~tu Supply Aliemativa Study\Final Deli verablesVA lternntivea.Repoe[_finaLdoc ~~ <br />