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Water Department Topics April 14, 2009 I. Private Wells for association's irrigation 1. Class A well driller (Document ~~) a. MDH Well License Classification Document b. Class A -completion of all Well Licenses 2. Water appropriation permits (Document B) b. Roger Stradal, DNR email on suggestions how to deter private well drilling 3. Comments: I have a concern about random private wells being drilled because uneducated/unlicensed drillers pose a potential risk to our water resources. By law we are unable to stop an association from drilling a well, but we should have an ordinance stating that we allow only Class A well drillers to drill private wells. This in turn would protect our water & community system from unknowledgeable well drillers. If we require a Class A license the utilities has a better chance of knowing more about the aquifer or drift well that is being drilled. Another item to push is having the utilities look into promoting SMART irrigation controllers; this would help to conserve water, especially from private well users, Like associations. II. SMART IRRIGATION 1. Minnesota Statute 103G.298 (Document C) 2. ERMU Largest Irrigation Users of 2008 (Document D) 3. Comments: The installation of rain sensors has been a law since July 2003. This will be the first year that we will not be installing Irrigation meters with out a proper working rain sensor. The utilities must to be firm about this issue. There are complaints about high water bills and yet the sprinklers are mm~ing while it's raining. As your water supervisor, I believe the advocation of SMART irrigation system is a good start. I think every year the water department has to promote water efficiency & possibly offer rebates for their irrigation system tune-ups. The electric department offers many rebate programs and we should mirror that example because water is a limited resource. 4. New Construction/Connection SMART IRRIGATION Policy Proposal (Document E) 5. SMART Irrigation Rebate Proposal (Document 1~) 6. SMART Irrigation Rebate Application (Document G, Mailer 1, Mailer 2-1, Mailer 2-2) 7. Comments: The new construction policy will cover any new irrigation customer. This polity will have our water conversation efforts headed in the right direction. We will have a rebate application for all customers who deride to install a SMART controller. We will send all present irrigation customers a rebate application, along with information about the program & water conservation. It would be wise to send out a bill stuffer for all other customers to be informed on this item.