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Table 13.1 Population Projections and Water Service Category <br />Year <br />Total Population <br />Rural <br />Population <br />(Private Wells) <br />Urban <br />Population <br />Municipal <br />Water Service <br />Population <br />2000 <br />2005 <br />2010 <br />2015 <br />2020 <br />19,630 <br />21,748 <br />23,865 <br />26,873 <br />29,880 <br />8,768 <br />9,403 <br />10,037 <br />10,939 <br />11,840 <br />10,862 <br />12,345 <br />13,828 <br />15,934 <br />18,040 <br />8,412 <br />12,345 <br />13,828 <br />15,934 <br />18,040 <br />These numbers only represent residential populations and do not include water used by <br />businesses for manufacturing, customers, employees, etc. In addition, growth projections <br />for the City were slightly increased in the Comp Plan. Table 13.2 outlines this <br />information. The last column of this table estimates the number of residents and <br />employees that will be served by the municipal water system based on the ratio of rural to <br />urban residents shown in Table 13.1 above. <br />Table 13.2 2001 Comprehensive Plan Population Projections by City of Ramsey <br />Year <br />Population <br />Number of <br />Households <br />Number of <br />Employees <br />Population Served <br />by Municipal System <br />1990 <br />2000 <br />2010 <br />2020 <br />12,408 <br />19,630 <br />25,050 <br />32,250 <br />3,620 <br />5,950 <br />8,350 <br />10,750 <br />Existing Water System Description <br />1,941 <br />2,500 <br />7,000 <br />9,000 <br />11,000 <br />22,000 <br />28,000 <br />Water Supply. The City currently operates five municipal wells in two well fields <br />(Figure 13.2) and anticipates drilling an additional well in the near future. The first part <br />of the wellhead protection plan for both well fields has been completed and approved by <br />the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). This part of the wellhead protection plan <br />addresses WHPAs, DWSMAs and well vulnerability classifications for all municipal <br />wells with the exception of well number 5. Well 5 is not part of the developing plan <br />because it was constructed and activated after the wellhead delineation project began. A <br />separate wellhead delineation project will be necessary for well 5 which could be <br />performed in coordination as a plan addendum with other municipal wells that will be <br />constructed within several years. The second part of the City's wellhead protection plan <br />is currently in progress and will address contaminant sources and education initiatives <br />within the site and the City WHPA/DWSMA. Items 19 and 20 further detail the geologic <br />setting and the potential Town Center impacts to the water supply. Appendix F provides <br />a discussion for the potential locations of additional municipal wells." <br />13-2 <br />