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9.0 Alternative Water Supply Contingency Strategy The purpose of a contingency plan is to establish, provide, and keep updated certain emergency response procedures and information for the public water supply, which may become vital in the event of a partial or total loss of public water supply services as a result of natural disaster, chemical contamination, civil disorder, or human -caused disruptions. In 2008 the MDNR approved the City's Water Supply Plan that includes a water supply contingency strategy that would be implemented in the event of a water emergency. The City adopted the Water Supply Plan on April 1, 2009. Copies of the MDNR approval letter for the 2009 Water Supply Plan and the completed Certificate of Adoption for the Water Supply Plan that the City filed with the MDNR are presented in Appendix G. The City had submitted a new Water Supply Plan (Ramsey, 2018) to the MDNR that addresses water emergencies and water conservation in December 2018. Once the new Water Supply Plan is approved by the MDNR and adopted by the City it will replace the plan that was adopted by the City in 2009 referenced above in this section. Since it has been more than 10 years since the City's adoption of the Water Supply Plan and it is not known when the MDNR will complete its review of the City's new Water Supply Plan, the Emergency Preparedness Procedures and Emergency Telephone List sections of the new Water Supply Plan are included in Appendix G and will be followed in until approval/adoption of the new Water Supply Plan. The City will provide documentation of MDN R approval and City adoption of the new Water Supply Plan to the MDH when available. 40