$4,ooo,ooo State Bonding Request for the Construction of Trunk Water Main Pipeline

February 2014

City of Lake Elmo Request

$4 million dollars of state bonding funds to provide clean, potable water to homeowners

in the I-94 corridor – 42% of project costs;

The City of Lake Elmo will bond for $5.5 million

The project provides the correct pressure and

clean hydraulics to serve taxpayers that are

currently on PFC adulterated wells and new growth mandated by the Met Council

Regulatory Squeeze

Lake Elmo Mandated Growth

Lake Elmo PFC Water Adulteration

30% of the Lake Elmo Water Aquifer is adulterated with PFCs and metabolites

Well #3 hovers at the health standard for acceptable PFC levels and has tested above in the last 18 months

Drilling a well on the I-94 Corridor may pull contaminated water across the ground water divide.

PFCs are persistent and bio-accumulativeMDH has reported PFCS MAY cause significant

health risks and suggested the transmission of untreated water from the northeast is prudent

PFCs

Interconnect to Mississippi

Interconnect to St. Croix

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Thank You for Your Consideration