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Well Sealing Cost Share Opportunity <br /> he Sherburne County Soil & Water ,al <br /> lll11f11i # O 'TA - <br /> IFIl Conservation District (SWCD) has <br /> recently received a grant for source ground water <br /> protection from The Minnesota Department ' <br /> IEPi JlFNT 161111_ of Health (MDH). Funding for the Source . <br /> 3 T "• e. <br /> Water Protection Grant Program comes from <br /> the Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment <br /> ii Fund. We are working together to assist Elk <br /> River Wellhead Protection Management Zone <br /> residents with sealing their unused/abandoned - <br /> wells. No work may start before project approval '` <br /> } <br /> f' I u A `ti in order to receive grant funding assistance. The <br /> SWCD will fund up to 50% cost-sharing to the ,c-t.--7, _- * <br /> 1 ` 1F P g 'Y <br /> I \N I 1 & landowner for sealing and ERMU will provide -______ N.� <br /> l-1-A i '11' additional funds,up to 75%for high priority wells. <br /> Contact our offices to obtain further information <br /> and application documents regarding the Well Sealing Cost Share - <br /> Program at (763) 441-2020. - <br /> The Clean Water Fund: Protecting and restoring Minnesota's waters <br /> for generations to come. <br /> Wellhead Protection & Storage Tank Awareness <br /> We were approved for our 20-year Wellhead Protection (WHP) Plan in 2013. In the next 20 years, we will be <br /> completing different action strategies in order to meet Minnesota Department of Health standards.The WHP Plan <br /> is implemented to ensure that we are educating the community and utilizing best practices for water protection. <br /> One of our strategies is to inform fuel tank owners about tank containment and leak protection.We want to ensure that <br /> harmful chemicals do not leech down into our water source. It is imperative to protect all wells from contamination. Be <br /> sure to check out our WHP information on our Web site for further information.The water we have today is the water <br /> we will have for future generations. <br /> Elk River's Water Source and System <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities (ERMU) customers are supplied with water from eight wells ranging from 225 to 406 <br /> feet in depth. Our wells draw ground water from the Mt. Simon Hinckley aquifer. ERMU's water system contains <br /> more than 75 miles of water mains,which serve approximately 4,600 customers. Our treatment facilities provided more <br /> than 785 million gallons of clean drinking water in 2013. We currently have four water towers that have a total storage <br /> capacity of 4 million gallons of water. <br />