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• Identifying funding mechanisms for regionally -beneficial water supply development projects <br />This work is guided by Minnesota statutes (473.1565), and it supports the Council's policy on <br />investment (Water Resources Policy Plan). These efforts help address the reliability, resiliency, <br />security, and cost-effectiveness of the region's water supplies. <br />A successful outcome of this work is that use of surface waters, reclaimed wastewater and <br />stormwater for appropriate water uses becomes an option explored by communities and implemented <br />by many. Chapter 6 provides more information. <br />Key Partners <br />Metropolitan <br />Council <br />Communities/ <br />Water Suppliers <br />DNR <br />Suggested Roles <br />• Support local effort in seeking funding for regionally beneficial <br />infrastructure projects <br />• Provide assistance for local and subregional efforts to develop cost- <br />sharing structures and other approaches to secure funding for <br />regionally beneficial infrastructure projects by connecting local <br />planners and subregional work groups with funding sources <br />• Gather information and collaborate on methods to estimate costs <br />• In partnership with neighbors, lead discussion/direction to explore <br />and implement various water supply approaches as needed <br />• Collaborate on methods to estimate costs and benefits of various <br />approaches <br />• Collaborate, advise <br />Others • Collaborate, advise <br />Achievements (what successful achievement of this strategy might look like) <br />• Criteria developed to identify water supply projects with regional benefit <br />• Promotion of equitable cost-sharing structure(s) for regionally -beneficial water supply <br />development projects <br />• Cost -benefit analyses of alternative water supply options completed, with key costs <br />estimated in a way that allows for comparison between alternative approaches <br />• Funding mechanisms for regionally -beneficial water supply development projects <br />identified <br />• Where feasible, interconnections among water supply systems are promoted <br />• Legislative funding requests for regionally -beneficial projects are supported <br />WATER SUPPLY MASTER <br />PLAN- Draft June 2015 <br />