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<br />Ramsey is a member of the Anoka County Municipal Wellhead Protection Group (ACMWPG). As such, the <br />City has the opportunity to work with surrounding communities and Anoka County to protect the source <br />water aquifer, when mutually beneficial. Anoka County provides household hazardous waste management <br />services to residents to help prevent residential pollution of source water aquifers. <br />Ramsey has plans and policies in place for managing growth of the City, the allowable land uses, water <br />supplies, and wells. Policies identified in these plans will help <br />Groundwater Quality <br />5.1.2 <br /> <br />Ramsey has always placed a high priority on the safety of the municipal water supply system. In order to <br />safeguard the municipal water supply system, Ramsey strictly limits access to their wells and associated <br />infrastructure to Ramsey staff. <br />Groundwater pumped from the source water aquifers by the Ramsey wells is currently free of pathogens <br />and disease-causing organisms. In addition, no contaminants have been reported in water samples from <br />the Ramsey wells at concentrations that exceed applicable Federal and statehealth-related standards and <br />the water Ramsey supplies to its customers currently meets or exceeds the water quality requirements of <br />The 2018 Drinking Water Report is presented in Appendix D and can also be accessed via t <br />website at along with reports from previous years. <br />http://www.ci.ramsey.mn.us/Archive.aspx?AMID=38 <br />As discussed in Appendix C, potential contaminant sources identified in the Ramsey DWSMAs include <br />wells, potential Class V well locations, storage tanks, chemical storage locations, spill locations, and <br />brownfield sites classified as potential contaminant source properties. Table 3 provides a summary of the <br />numbers of these potential contaminant sources identified in the DWSMAs during development of this <br />Plan amendment. Development of this Plan amendment provides Ramsey with an opportunity to prepare <br />and implement a program to track potential contaminant source locations within the DWSMAs and <br />educate the public regarding source water protection. <br />DWSMAs <br />5.1.3 <br /> <br />Current land uses in the Ramsey DWSMAs that cover more than one percent of the area in the DWSMAs <br />include Residential of various types, Undeveloped land, Park/Recreational/Preserve, Retail and Other <br />Commercial, Agricultural, Major Highways, and Open Water. As indicated in Table 1, Ramsey Wells 1, 2, 3, <br />4, 5 and 8 are classified as vulnerable to contamination. The vulnerability to contamination of the portion <br />of the source water aquifers encompassed by the DWSMAs is classified as Moderate. Current and future <br />land uses could potentially affect the management strategies for Ramsey <br />As noted above, the City is a member of the ACMWPG. The ACMWPG is an advisory group that includes <br />Ramsey along with neighboring public water suppliers. The members work together to address and <br />collaborate on common elements of wellhead protection plans. <br />No other issues, problems, or opportunities, beyond those discussed herein, have been identified <br />regarding land uses in the DWSMAs. <br /> <br /> <br /> 16 <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />