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Anoka County <br /> Water Task Force <br /> 2015-2016 <br /> Water Resources Management Report <br /> The Anoka County Community Health and Environmental Services Department (CHES) <br /> completed an updated Water Resources Report in late 2014, with the guidance of the Water <br /> Task Force. An initial report was completed in 2009. The formation of the Water Task Force <br /> occurred under the duties of the Community Health Board (MS 145A) with the 2014 Water <br /> Resources Report incorporated into the CHES Community Health Improvement Plan (2015- <br /> 2019). <br /> The Water Resources Report indicated that local water management can be achieved through <br /> the collaboration of county, municipal, and watershed agencies along with state agencies and <br /> local community organizations. The Water Task Force interests include preservation of local <br /> water resources as well as consideration of opportunities to collaborate in water protection and <br /> management. This report identifies current collaboration as well as opportunities for <br /> consideration where local agencies may choose to collaborate. <br /> Coordinated Water Management Programs <br /> The Water Resources Task Force has identified that drinking water protection and local water <br /> resource sustainability may present opportunities for local agencies to collaborate in managing <br /> water. A priority is addressing water sustainability throughout Anoka County and specifically <br /> within the communities inside the North and East Metro Groundwater Management Area <br /> established by the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). <br /> The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Metropolitan Council of the Twin <br /> Cities have combined statutory local water supply planning requirements into a single planning <br /> process that satisfies both agency standards. Seventeen of the twenty-one Anoka County <br /> communities are required to update their Local Water Supply Plans in the next 18 months. This <br /> includes emergency planning and water conservation. Four communities (Bethel, Nowthen, <br /> Ham Lake and Linwood) do not operate a public water supply system and are not required to <br /> prepare a DNR Local Water Supply Plan. An approved Local Water Supply Plan will also meet <br /> the Met Council's local comprehensive planning requirement. <br /> Page 1 of 5 <br />