Provide information on private well water safety, promotion of sealing abandoned wells within the DWSMA and information to farmers and companies about tank management.
Purchase and install permanent static water level transducers in all City wells. Prepare and distribute wellhead newsletter to all property owners in the DWSMA. Conduct water festival
Review existing water utility ordinance, assess the need for additional controls and update the ordinance language and compose and distribute Wellhead Protection Newsletter for property owners within the DWSMA
Manage storage tanks, provide hazardous waste education to hazardous waste generators and conduct wellhead plan evaluation and submit WHP Program Evaluation form to MDH
Develop content and maps, update City's website with an interactive GIS story map regarding abandoned and unsealed wells, well management, turf management, hazardous waste and Wellhead Protection Plan; Notify storage tank owners within the DWSMA importanc
Purchase and install key cards on well houses for security. Educated public by providing DWSMA and wellhead protection information in City Update newsletter.
Develop, print and send public education information to well owners and hazardous waste generator owners. Conduct wellhead plan evaluation and submit WHP Program Evaluation form to MDH
Inspect and seal well, inform tank owners of their role to protect aquifer and best management practices for tank management and use multiple forms of media to educate public on Wellhead Protection and protecting groundwater.
Install pressure transducer and telemetric system for city observation well, Complete well field inventory and transducer calibration at each city well and coordinate with City and SCADA integrator to access water level data for city wells.
Clean up well site and seal private well in DWSMA; Assist businesses and residences with water use reduction and provide educational information on water use and conservation on website.
Seal an unused irrigation well, unique well number 227854 and encourage, incentivize and educate 11 producers in Holland, North Holland and Verdi DWSMA's $500 per producer
Provide second half of annual rent payment to landowner for City to implement nitrogen BMPs on field, harvest the cereal rye and kernza already planted in the wellhead protection area and prepare fields and plant kernza in remaining 90 acres of wellhead p