ITEM 3.10 Wellhead Protection Plan0TY F o
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DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
Request for
City Council Action
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
REQUESTOR:
MEETING DATE:
Utilities
Utility Manager Neidermeier
February 26, 2018
PRESENTER(s)
REVIEWED BY:
ITEM #:
Consent Agenda
City Administrator/Finance Director
Flaherty
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AGENDA ITEM DETAILS
RECOMMENDATION:
City staff is recommending the City Council accept the 2018 Wellhead Protection Plan report of progress.
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BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
The City maintains a Wellhead Protection Plan, (Plan) established in 2005; amended in 2016. The Plan
reviews source water origination and underground movement to establish Drinking Water Supply
Management Areas. Protection of these source waters are complete through the management strategies
and efforts identified in the Plan.
The Public Works Subcommittee reviewed the Wellhead Protection Plan report of progress at the February
meeting and recommends acceptance of the report.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
• Annual Wellhead Protection Update
• Management Area Map
POSSIBLE MOTION
PLEASE WORD MOTION AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO APPEAR IN THE MINUTES:
Motion to accept the 2018 Wellhead Protection Plan report of progress.
BUDGET INFORMATION
FUNDING: BUDGETED:
N/A
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MINNESOTA
TO: City of Otsego Mayor and Council
FROM: Kurt Neidermeier
DATE: February 26th, 2018
RE: Wellhead Protection Plan annual update
The Wellhead Protection Plan (WHP) serving the Otsego Public Water System received
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) approval in 2016. The approved plan assessed
source water vulnerability and provides management strategies to protect these sources
effective through 2025. Included is the review of management strategies and progress
report as an annual update to the full Council.
Reporting and Evaluation Action Items:
Complete an annual report and brief the Council on management priorities for the
upcoming year and the status of implementation.
Due annually — This report
Previous reporting — March 16th 2017 Public Works Subcommittee
March 26th 2017 Council Consent
February 21St 2018 Public Works Subcommittee
Conduct a self-evaluation every 2.5 years on the wellhead protection progress and
submit the report to the MDH Planner.
Due 2018, 2021 & 2024
Status — Submittal scheduled for April 2018
Inner Wellhead Management Zone (IWMI) Action Items:
Assist MDH staff in completing the IWMZ Inventory for the Public Water Supply wells.
Due 2021
Status — No additional action required since completion in 2015
Follow all setback requirements for new potential contaminant sources within the
IWMZ.
Continuously monitored
2016 — Monitored and followed
2017 — Monitored and followed
2018 - Monitoring
Implement the WHP Measures and Findings in the IWMZ inventory and requirements of
the Sanitary Survey Report.
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2016 — Monitored and followed
2017 — Monitored and followed
2018 - Monitoring
Contact the MDH Planner if changes to the locations or construction of potential
contaminant sources are proposed in the IWMZ.
Status — Continuously monitored
2016 — No changes to locations or construction of potential contaminant sources
proposed in the IWMZ.
2017 — No changes to locations or construction of potential contaminant sources
proposed in the IWMZ.
2018 — Monitoring
Land Use Controls and Management Action Items:
The City will explore options to strengthen language in the cross -connection ordinance.
Status Complete - Cross -connection ordinance in place and properly regulate
cross connections.
The City maintains and enforces a backflow prevention program.
The City will evaluate their zoning ordinances and make necessary changes to
strengthen controls in regards to properly managing wells and storage tanks within City
limits and the Drinking Water Supply Management Areas (DWSMA).
Status Complete — Zoning ordinances are in place and properly support
management areas.
Data Collection Action Items:
Work in cooperation with MDH, collect tritium sample from the public supply wells as
directed by MDH.
Status — MDH has not requested tritium sampling during this Plan cycle as it is in
a 10 year cycle; sampling and anticipated in 2022. The aquifer vulnerability
score is low based on previous sampling.
Incorporate instrumentation within Well#6 in order to provide more detailed water
quantity information.
Status Complete — equipment was installed for level monitoring during 2016 well
inspection and maintenance.
Cooperate with MDH to ensure the City manages radium levels providing safe drinking
water to their residents.
Operations Staff conducts routine monitoring per MDH direction supporting safe
drinking water. A Memorandum of Agreement is in place and reviewed annually
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for radium concentrations to mitigate radium levels and maintain water quality
within set standards.
The City will contact the MDH Hydrologist and ask for their assistance in helping to
select an alternative site for drilling a new public supply well in the case one is needed
in the future. The City can apply for MDH grants to help offset the cost of exploratory
drilling and water quality sampling etc....
Status — Operations and Engineering review water supply needs on an annual
basis to ensure demands are met.
Irrigation Restrictions have been implemented and educational water
conservation material is available on the City website and reminded within the
Utility Billings.
2016 — Capital Planning for Water System Interconnect — Kadler Ave. Watermain
— Capital Planning for Well 7 Pump Upsizing and Well House 4
improvements
2017 — Interconnect West System Complete — Kadler Ave. Watermain Project
— Water Supply Plan completed and adopted
— Well 5 Maintenance — Pump & Motor replaced
— Water Tower 1 refurbished for added storage support, East Public System
2018 — Well 7 upsized and installed to support the West Public Water System
— Well House 4 improvements in process.
Public Water Supply needs are currently satisfied.
Potential Contaminant Source Management Action Items:
The City will apply for a grant via MDH to secure funds to seal any unused, unsealed
wells located within the DWSMAs. If funding is not available via MDH, the City will work
cooperatively with local units of governments to provide as much cost share as possible
to help seal the wells. The City will request MDH Well Management assistance with
locating wells on properties where the City feels there might be unused unsealed wells.
Status — no unused unsealed wells identified at this time. As new developments
are considered, wells within that property are identified and reviewed for closure
or system separation.
The Wellhead Protection Team/Manager will continually attempt to locate potential
contaminant sources in the DWSMA. This will be accomplished through direct contact
with landowners and through visual observation as the WHP team travels through the
DWSMA. Status - Ongoing
Cooperate with MDH & DNR Hydrologists as requested to help assess any potential
impacts on the public water supply well(s) or 1.5 miles of the DWSMA boundary. If
impacts are identified cooperatively work with the high capacity well owner, DNR and
MDH Hydrologist to identify and resolve any potential negative impacts.
Status — Ongoing
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The City will share information regarding the location of any potential Class V well(s)
with the MDH if any well(s) are located within the DWSMA in the future.
Status — No Class V wells have been identified by the WHP team.
The City will contact the MPCA tank program and ask MPCA to update them on the
Leaky Underground Storage Tanks (LUST) site located within their Central DWSMA and
communicate the risk this site may have on the City's drinking water supply.
Status Complete — communications with MPCA have occurred with official
request for information complete.
It is always difficult to foresee or plan for the future. If a critical issue or potential
contaminant threat becomes an issue in the future for the City, the City will promptly
take actions to prevent this contaminant source from polluting their drinking water
supply.
Public Education and Outreach Action Items:
The City will provide a short summary of the new wellhead protection amendment in
the City's newsletter and direct residents to the City's website for detailed education
materials.
2017 — A short summary of the Wellhead Protection amendment was added to
the City Website and linked to the MDH "'Well Owner's Handbook - A Consumer's
Guide to Water Wells in Minnesota" Fourth Edition updatedJanuary2014to
provide a reference for well maintenance and water safety.
Post WHP educational materials on the city website dealing with proper well
management, water conservation etc......
Completed — water conservation ideas and suggestions are available on the City
website along with linked MDH reference information on well management.
Provide the MRWA Essay and Poster contest information to the school yearly and
encourage participation.
Due and completed annually each winter
MRWA classroom activities are distributed to all three Otsego schools for
consideration to include in lesson plans of the 4t" grade students.
Members of the Wellhead Protection Team include Ron Wagner, Seth Wilkes, Reese
Carstens, Nick Beste, Robert Small and Wellhead Protection Manager Kurt Neidermeier.
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