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How to Use the <br />Water Supply Profiles <br />The Water Supply Profiles (Appendix 1 of the Master Water Supply Plan) summarize water use, sources, and <br />potential issues for each community, county and watershed in the seven -county Twin Cities metropolitan area. <br />The profiles provide a useful starting place for local planning and can be used in several ways, including: <br />To inform community water conservation programs by helping to target large water use categories <br />Water use varies among communities. In some communities, the largest water use is for municipal demand. In <br />others, the largest water use is by agriculture. The water supply profiles highlight what the largest water uses are, <br />so that programs to promote conservation and water efficiency can be effectively targeted. <br />To complete local water supply plans in a way that considers Metropolitan Council policy <br />The water supply profiles can be used to complete the local water supply plan. <br />• Information from the section of the water supply profile below the heading "The following should be <br />addressed as water plans are updated" can be used to complete Part 1-E and Part 4-B in the local water <br />supply plan template. <br />• Information from the section of the water supply profile below the heading "The following actions are <br />recommended" can be used to complete Part 1-E, Part 4-C and Part 4-D in the local water supply plan <br />template. <br />• Information from the section of the water supply profile below the headings "Average annual water use by <br />permitted users..." and "Municipal Water Use" can be used to complete Part 3 and Part 4-D of the local <br />water supply plan template. <br />• Information from the section of the water supply profile below the heading "Projected water use" can be <br />used to complete Part 4-A of the local water supply plan template. NOTE: The community does not need to <br />use these demand projections, but the total population values should be consistent with the community's <br />system statement. <br />To inform water supply -related permit applications and environmental review documents <br />The information summarized in the water supply profile is the type of information commonly requested for <br />environmental review documents and water supply -related permits. The profiles can be useful in the preparation <br />and review of these documents. <br />To provide a subregional picture of water supply -related issues in an area, such as a county or watershed <br />Watersheds and counties, for example, may find it useful to review the water supply profiles when developing <br />programs to protect groundwater. Subregional work groups also may find the water supply profiles useful when <br />discussing water supply issues and approaches that are bigger than any single community. <br />Page - 2 1 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />