Date: 2/24/____
To: ******** County
******** Township
******** Watershed District
From: Severin Blenkush, City
Administrator
RE: City of Anywhere Wellhead Protection Program
On behalf of the city of Anywhere, the Anywhere Wellhead Protection
Planning Team is notifying neighboring and overlying units of government of the
City’s intent to develop a wellhead protection plan. The goal of the plan is to
prevent human-caused contaminants from entering the City’s water supply wells and to
protect residents from adverse health effects associated with groundwater contamination.
This notice is required by Minnesota Wellhead Protection Rule 4720.
The preparation of this plan is required on the part of the City of
Anywhere. The entire project may take approximately two years to complete. Public
informational meetings will be held later this year.
In accordance with the proposed wellhead protection rule, the following
information must be included in this notice:
1. Wellhead Protection Manager:
Severin Blenkush, City Administrator
City
of Anywhere
P.O.
Box 247
Anywhere,
MN 56438
Telephone:
(320) 555-2201
2. City unique well numbers:
198646,
603816
(see
enclosed map for locations)
3. Date Wellhead protection plan will be completed: February 2004.
4. General Project Workplan:
| a. |
Develop an Inner Wellhead Management Zone Plan.
|
| b. |
Wellhead scoping meeting with Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). |
| c. |
Design, conduct and analyze aquifer test. |
| d. |
Develop groundwater flow model and delineate wellhead protection areas (WHPA). |
| e. |
Drinking Water Supply Management Area delineations (DWSMA). |
| f. |
Well and DWSMA vulnerability assessments. |
| g. |
Potential contaminant source inventory. |
| h. |
Submittal of delineations and vulnerability assessments for MDH approval. |
| i. |
Public meeting regarding WHPA and DWSMA delineations. |
| j. |
Second wellhead scoping meeting with MDH. |
| k. |
Prepare action plan for protecting DWSMA from contamination. |
| l. |
Prepare draft wellhead protection management strategies. |
| m. |
Local review and comment of proposed wellhead protection plan. |
| n. |
Public meeting for wellhead protection plan. |
| o. |
Submittal of wellhead protection plan for MDH approval. |
5. Missing data elements for delineations and vulnerability
assessments: The City of Anywhere is compiling existing subsurface geologic, water
use, well construction and location, and water quality data to assist in the delineations
and vulnerability assessments. Obtaining additional hydrogeologic information from
surrounding communities would be helpful toward the development of the groundwater data
base and the assessment of aquifer vulnerability.
Any information (data elements, plans, controls, policies) related to
water resources and land-use or any issues, concerns or opportunities that you feel are
pertinent to the development of the wellhead protection plan, should be submitted to
Severin Blenkush, Wellhead Project Manager, by May 1, 2002.
Please call Severin Blenkush at (320) 594-2201 if you have any
questions or desire additional information. Thank you for your assistance in our wellhead
protection efforts and data search.
Encl. Map of City well locations
cc: Minnesota Department of Health
1819 Bemidji Avenue, Bemidji, MN 56601-3866
Leyten Fontaine, Region 5 Regional
Development Commission
611 Iowa Ave., Staples, MN 56479
Dave Neiman, Minnesota Rural Water
Association
217 12th Avenue SE, Elbow Lake, MN 56531-9601
MRWA
is a proud member of
