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Ji <br />Elk River ~"' <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />July 23, 2007 <br />To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />Jerry Takle <br />Jerry Gumphrey <br />Jim Tralle <br />From: Bryan Adams <br />Subject: DNR Water Issues <br />ii <br />Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />The DNR regulates the annual amount and rate of which we can utilize ground water for our <br />municipal water systems. On April 17, 2006 we requested an increase in ground water <br />appropriations from 875 million gallons to 1400 million gallons per year. In anticipation of <br />DNR request, in September 2006 we submitted our revised Water Conservation and Emergency <br />Management Plan. <br />Attached is the DNR correspondence dated July 17, 2007 for your review. This correspondence <br />conveys the following. <br />1. Approves our Conservation and Emergency Management Plan without comment. <br />2. Amends our Water Appropriation Permit fora 10 year period to 1650 million gallons <br />per year at 12500 gpm. They are pre-approving the addition of 5-1000 gpm wells. <br />Attached is a map of Elk River showing the location of current and future wells. <br />The above is very good news for Elk River and the best we could have hoped for. <br />On a related issue, we have had numerous discussions about ISD 728's use of the irrigation well <br />at Twin Lakes Elementary School. Attached is my correspondence dated July 1 I, 2007 to Mr. <br />Tom Waterius. Tom and I had a phone conversation concerning item #1, even/odd sprinkler <br />restrictions on August I, 2007. <br />Tom Baranick and Tod Pelariski with ISD 728, Dave Berg and myself did have a good <br />conversation about this issue. I feel confident this issue will be resolved along the guidelines of <br />our July 11, 2007 correspondence. <br />