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Consulting engineers system is a logical way sufficient and produce for the first phase in- .
foresee the day when a to go. an operating surplus." elude drilling two 1.000-
Maplewood waterworks Over a 32-year period. Meanwhile. V i I 1 a g e gallons-per-minute wells
would show annual prof- he explained, it'll be Manager Michael Miller and construction of• a
its of$1.2 million. cheaper than continuing has urged the village master pump ,station, a
They cite this as rea- contracts with neighbor- council to reach a deci- one-million-gallon under-
son for Maplewood to ing St.Paul. sion on an independent • ground storage reservoir
consider divorcing itself And when the profits water system as soon as ' 'and two elevated towers.
from St. Paul's water begin to roll in. they can possible, certainly not one with a two-million-
system. be used partly to finance later than next spring. gallon capacity. the oth-
By doing that and es- . local government, he If the village goes inde- er with a 250.000-gallon
tablishing an' independ- said. pendent, Kirkham-Mi- capacity. .
ent system. the village For the period froth chael recommends a
will reap long-range fis- 2002 to 2006. the village_ six-phase construction The actual severance
cal benefits, with the re- can bank onaverage an- s c h e d u I e. starting in of ties with the St. Paul
turns starting to flow in nual profits of about 1973. water system would be-
around the year 2004, the $579.000.Wiley reported... The first phase calls gin in the second phase,
engineers say. The profits will spiral for the development of a probably in 1976 or 1977,
But they warn that the to $734,000 between 2007 supplemental water sup- Wiley said.
first years may involve and 2011 and to $1.2 mil- ply for inadequately ser •
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rough going financially. lion between 2012 and viced and underdevel- The present contract
This seems to be the 2016.he said. oped portions of the vil- with St. Paul extends un-
crux of a $27.000 study This is what Wiley con- lage. generally the area til 1982.
y Kirkham.Michael, eluded in a written re- north of Hwy. 36, and a But t there's a clause
[nc.. consulting engi- port submitted to the vil- low-pressure trouble spot which allowsfor Maple-
leers for Maplewood. lage council: Develop- bounded by White Bearp
Project e n g i n e e r ment of a Maplewood- Avenue on the west, the.. wood to back out in 1977.
Tames Wiley. in an ap- owned and operated wa. Soo Line railway tracks Wiley reported.
learance before the vil- ter system is feasible, and North St. Paul on He suggests that by
age council last Thurs- Admittedly, financing the north; Century Ave- . 1977 Maplewood's inde-
lay, suggested that if the problems do exist during nue on the east and the pendent system should
v i 1 1 a g e plans on a the early half of the de- Chicago & Northwestern serve the portion of the
engthy future beyond velopment period. How- railway tracks on the c o m m u n i t y south of
:he turn of the century, ever, the system will be- south. Hwy. 36 and north of
in independent water come economically self- Specific requirements Larpenteur Avenue.
•The area south of the
Chicago & Northwestern
tracks. including the .
Minnesota Mining& •
Manufacturing Co. (3M)
Center would remain on
the St. Paul system. un-
der provisions of a new
short-term contract. ,
But with the third
p h a s e . development,
probably in 1981. the en-
tire village can be con-
veniently served by the
independent system. Wil-
•ey insists.
By then, the village
would have constructed
additional wells. towers
and treatment facilities.