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Consultants say , Ma Now St. a u 1 and .facilities at $11,462,211, Continued from page 1
plewood ought to pur- North St. Paul serve b a s e d 'on present-day
chase water wholesale about 3,200 Maplewood prices. Kirkham-Michael c o n-
from St.Paul. customers with water at Maplewood also would eluded in the report.
That's a less costlyal retail rates. assume responsibility They called it "Finan
t.e r n a t i v e to Maple- Under the plan fa- for the operation and cially feasible, providing
wood owned wells and vored by the coiisult maintenance of the sys adequate financing ar-
treatment facilities, ants, Maplewood would tem, the consultants rang e nd e n t s can be
Kirkham-Michael & As- go only partly indepen- said. made and a wholesalemnt
sociates claim in a writ- dent. "Assumingthe village purchase agreement
ten report. It w o u 1 d construct, council envisions
ions an in- (arranged) with St.
The village council, in over the next 25 yearsdependent village entity] Paul.
the past year or so, has some community-owned for the foreseeable fu-, The consultants sur-
considered •establishing facilities, such as boost- ture, it would be recom-' gested wholesale two
a completely indepen- er pump stations, elevat- mended that the (whole- chases of water the two
Mc-
dent water system for ed storage tanks and dis- sale) alternate be select locations n at Iso
the sprawling Ramsey tribution mains. ed and implemented," Carron plant off Jackson
County Community of Kirkham-Michael esti Street ,and at the Hill
26,000. mated the cost for the. Turn to Page 1 1,Col.4 crest reservoir off Lar-
penteur Avenue.
The water also should
be supplied on demand,
the consultants s a i d,
rather than during off-
peak periods.
This will eliminate the
need for sizeable surface
reservoirs, it was point-
ed out, at a saving esti-
mated at$5 million.
The village council hds
taken the Kirkham-Mi-
chael proposal under ad-
visement.