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// Elk River -=~ Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 Elk River, MN 55330-0430 August 8, 2007 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Jerry Takle Jerry Gumphrey Jim Tralle From: Bryan Adams Subject: Miscellaneous Issues Phone: 763.441.2020 Fax: 763.441.8099 Enclosed is the packet for Tuesday, August 14, 2007 commission meeting at 4:00 p.m. The July hot and dry weather increased electric and water usage as expected. Our electric system. peak exceeded 50 MW for the first time. Water production and peak day pumpage for July is down slightly from last year which is good. To date, KWH purchased and water pumped is up 8.8% and 8.1 % respectively. There has been a surprising number of adjoining city municipal wells that have gone dry. Our Well #3 pumping level is within approximately 10 feet of the pump level. Next week a well contractor will be on site to lower the pump 20 feet at a cost of $6,000. This is cheap insurance to keep this well operational. Attached is a meeting notice from Minnesota Department of Health for August 16, 2007 concerning water quality and quantity issues in the northwest metro. Your staff will be attending. Last month we discussed adding two more engines at the landfill. Apparently Tiller Corp. who owns the land directly south of the landfill which the landfill needs to purchase to expand, realized the landfill was making other arrangements because an acceptable purchase could not be achieved. Tiller Corp. and Elk River Landfill are now very close to agreeing on a purchase price which means we can construct another four engine (3.2 MW) plant with expansion capabilities to eight engines instead of a two engine plant. Modification of the air emission permit will still be the big issue.