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FUTURE WORK <br />Regional partnerships lead to positive outcomes <br />The result of all this work greatly benefits the region: <br />• Shared water resources are better managed and more resilient for the long-term. <br />• Local gover r ii r iei its and others better wide' "i.and regional water resources and challenges. <br />• More resources are focused on water supply challenges. <br />• Our region's successful subregional platform advances water sustainability. <br />Looking into 2040 <br />The region is expected to continue <br />growing with impacts to land use <br />and water demand and the systems <br />that supply it. <br />2040 <br />More Use: <br />2015 <br />Water Use: <br />0 <br />350 <br />Million Gallons <br />per Day <br />Cities plan to invest in their water supply infrastructure to continue to <br />provide residents with clean, plentiful, and affordable water. <br />Wells Distribution Treatment <br />more than 50 communities <br />plan to drill <br />new municipal wells <br />By 2040 — <br />more than 60 communities <br />plan to improve and/or expand <br />their distribution systems <br />more than 35 communities <br />plan to enhance their water <br />supply treatment processes <br />Support efficiency incentives Promote sustainability efforts <br />Although the Council and its partners have accomplished much through the water supply planning <br />work, new questions continue to emerge. <br />How could equity be implemented in water <br />AV supply activities? <br />elWhat is the impact of climate change on our resources <br />and operation in the water supply sector? <br />« Council funding of studies and projects was important <br />because it isn't always easy to get local city councils to <br />commit funds to something that reaches beyond their <br />borders. i 51 <br />— Steve Albrecht, Former Burnsville Public Works Director <br />Groundwater doesn't know community boundaries. We <br />can have a greater impact if we work together on water <br />supply sustainability. j <br />— Russ Matthys, Public Works Director, Eagan <br />L1 How can we strengthen land use and water supply <br />O/ planning connections? <br />el What can we do to prevent contamination of our water <br />supply sources and respond more effectively to emerging <br />contamination (recent examples: PFAS, chloride)? <br />CLEAN <br />WATER <br />kgo . LAND & <br />LEGACY <br />s. AMENDMENT <br />METROPOLITAN <br />COUNCIL <br />390 Robert Street North <br />St. Paul, MN 55101-1805 <br />Phone 651.602.1000 <br />Fax 651.602.1550 <br />TTY 651.291.0904 <br />metrocouncil.org <br />For more information, <br />contact ali.elhassan@metc.state.mn.us <br />Complete report at metrocouncil.org/Wastewater-Water/Publications-And- <br />Resources/WATER-SUPPLY-PLANNING/Water-Supply-Planning-in-the- <br />Twin-Cities-Metropoli.aspx <br />