HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977 04-13 Water supply looks good for area communities REVIEW Water
for area
by Anne Skinner A look at the individual communities
follows:
The water supply outlook for this spring NORTH ST.PAUL: North St.Paul is in
and summer appears favorable for area the process of digging another well for the
communities. Those that experienced city's water. It is probably the only area
problems with low supply during the community which might have sprinkling
summer months last year have since restrictions this summer—and the next
taken measures to alleviate their two weeks will determine that.According
recurrence this summer. Although to City Manager Jerry Splinter, the drill
weather experts have been predicting a bit broke off at about 430 feet down.
very dry summer, area residents "Somehow the contractor is going to
probably won't be required to conserve have to fish it out,there is no way to drill
more water than normal. around it or through it,"Splinter said. If
the bit proves unretrievable, the drilling
will have to begin in another area. "The
city is paying for an end product, if they
do have to redrill, it will be at the con-
tractor's expense."
At any rate,if the subsequent drilling is
necessary, North St. Paul residents will
not receive the additional water until
much later in the summer.
MAPLEWOOD: Those residents who
receive water from North St.Paul,will be
subject to the same circumstances as
North St. Paul residents. City Manager
Mike Miller said he had not heard
anything about possible water restric-
tions this summer from the City of St.
Paul(which supplies Maplewood with the
majority of its water).
"I understand St. Paul is possibly
looking into wells,it gets most of its water
from the Mississippi River, but the un-
derground supply of water in the Twin
City area is exceptional," Miller noted.
LITTLE CANADA: City Clerk Joe
Chledeck said he hadn't heard of any
restrictions."We're in good shape,all our
water is from wells. We don't anticipate
and problems even if this summer is drier
than last."
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OAKDALE: City Administrator Dennis According to Larry Molsather, Valley
Zylla said, "We can handle any demand Branch Watershed District engineer, "I
that comes our way unless the population don't see any way to predict the problems
were to substantially increase." Oakdale with wells.I can't tell the weather's effect
added an additional well in 1976 which without going into the area, one person
will allow the city to "meet all the peak may have a problem and the next may
demands with out a ban, Zylla noted. "If not." Malsather said the water table
we could make it through last year slopes at different points throughout the
without bans and there's no sign of a district and there are different water
population increase,we should be able to table levels.
make it through this year." He did say, however, the water table
level was about normal in Lake Elmo and
the Tri-Lakes area,"because the drought
LAKE ELMO: Lake Elmo receives the last year dried up the excess water from
majority of its water from wells. the flood in 1975."