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Mayor Gamec stated that possibly by 2005 the City could have an additional 2,000 households, <br />which needs to be considered. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson inquired at what point should the City be considering a water <br />treatment facility and what would the cost is. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown explained that the City could wait on a water treatment facility until there are serious <br />problems or the City can take a proactive approach. He recommended that the City take the <br />proactive approach, especially with a growing community where most of the development could <br />pay a majority of the cost for the facility. The cost would be approximately 10 million dollars to <br />treat 8 million gallons per day, noting that the project could be phased. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated that there has been a lot of discussion about arsenic levels in <br />drinking water and thought there had been some suggestions that the government would assist <br />City's with treatment facilities to lower those levels. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown explained that the government is offering low interest revolving loan program, which <br />would be about three to four percent interest over 20 years. He recommended that the Council <br />authorize Bolton and Menk to put together a financial plan so that they could review the financial <br />impacts. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson inquired as to how much land would be needed for a water treatment <br />facility. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown replied approximately ½ acre to one acre. <br /> <br />Councilmember Zimmerman inquired if it was possible to treat the entire City with one plant. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown replied yes, noting that that is why they recommend locating all of the wells in the <br />west field. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated that he would like to know if people would be willing to pay <br />the cost for the benefit. <br /> <br />Principal City Engineer Olson noted that the City could use the low interest fund as well as <br />adding developer fees to pay for the facility. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown stated that he could do a financial plan to determine what the impacts would be. <br /> <br />Councilmember Zimmerman inquired if the arsenic levels would go down to zero with a <br />treatment facility. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown replied that the arsenic levels would go down to non-detectable. <br /> <br />Public Works Committee/March 19, 2002 <br /> Page 4 of 18 <br /> <br /> <br />