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Feasibility Study <br />Water Treatment Plant <br />Prepared for City of Ramsey <br />1 Existing Water Infrastructure <br />1.1 Overall System Description <br />The City of Ramsey's water system dates back to 1985 when a well, pressure tank storage, and <br />distribution piping was constructed. Today, Ramsey's water system provides drinking water to <br />approximately 4,400 residences and approximately 340 businesses. The existing water system <br />consists of the following major components: <br />• Eight municipal wells <br />• Four pump houses <br />• Chemical feed systems in each pump house to add chlorine, fluoride, and polyphosphate <br />• Over 83 miles of watermain <br />• Over 900 fire hydrants <br />• Three water towers with a combined storage of 4 million gallons (MG) <br />The wells pump water to their respective pump houses, with Wells No. 1 and 2 pumping to Pump <br />House 1, Wells No. 3 and 4 pumping to Pump House 2, Wells No. 5 and 6 pumping to Pump <br />House 3, and Wells No. 7 and 8 pumping to Pump House 4. Following chemical addition at the <br />Pump Houses, water is pumped directly into the distribution system. <br />1.2 Raw Water Supply <br />The City of Ramsey operates eight (8) municipal wells finished in the Tunnel City-Wonewoc <br />(TWC) aquifer. Table 1 provides a summary of each well. Figure 1 in Appendix A shows the <br />Ramsey distribution system map that identifies the locations of the wells, as well as the towers <br />SEH is a registered trademark of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. <br />FEASIBILITY STUDY RAMSY 154354 <br />