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Sealing Unused Public Drinking Water Wells

Recipient
Multiple public water systems
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$113,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota’s invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.
Clean Water funds are being provided to well owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused public water-supply wells.

Anoka
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Hennepin
Lyon
McLeod
Morrison
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Swift
Todd
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright

Sealing Unused Private Drinking Water Wells

Recipient
Multiple Local Government Units
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$290,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$112,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota’s invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health with the assistance of the Board of Water and Soil Resources protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.” Clean Water funds are being provided to home owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused private drinking water wells.

Benton
Big Stone
Carver
Crow Wing
Douglas
Hennepin
Mahnomen
Martin
Mille Lacs
Norman
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Rice
Sherburne
Wright

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Faribault
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,330
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Update PCSI inventory

Rice

Source Water Protection Competitive Grant

Recipient
City of Verndale
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$446
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Exploratory work to find suitable location for a new municipal well. Drilling test wells, sampling for water quality and quantity.

Wadena

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Sebeka
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,700
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Seal old emergency well #226189

Wadena

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Verndale
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,875
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Purchase and plant 20 acres of cover crop

Wadena

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
Bell Hill Recovery Center
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,325
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Seal unused well.

Wadena

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Sebeka
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Repairing/Updating well house to code.

Wadena

Source Water Protection Competitive Grant

Recipient
City of Faribault
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,125
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Video inspections to wells #1, #3, and #5.

Rice

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Nerstrand
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Purchase and install back-up generator.

Rice

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Verndale
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund
Reduce nitrate loading into the drinking water supply
Wadena

Source Water Protection Competitive Grant

Recipient
City of Lonsdale
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Seal well #3.

Rice

Source Water Protection Competitive Grant

Recipient
City of Sebeka
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,925
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Replace aging electrical components in city's pumphouse.

Wadena

Source Water Protection Competitive Grant

Recipient
City of Verndale
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$825
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund
Install 2 monitoring wells
Wadena

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Northfield
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,320
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Update drawdown equipment; Inspect private wells within the DWSMA

Rice

Source Water Protection Competitive Grant

Recipient
Cedar Lake Electric
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,748
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Connect to City of Faribault water system; Abandon existing well

Rice

Source Water Protection Competitive Grant

Recipient
City of Iona
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,439
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Seal a well that was improperly sealed

Clearwater

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Verndale
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,952
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Promote alternative application rates for nitrogen fertilizer; public education

Wadena

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Northfield
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,900
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Signage, test Spring Creek, emergency manual

Rice

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Bagley
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,625
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Seal well

Clearwater

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Northfield
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,367
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Purchase transducer to be installed on the new municipal well

Rice

Source Water Protection Competitive Grant

Recipient
City of Verndale
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,950
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Install monitoring well near existing well #2 Unique well No. 815775

Wadena

Source Water Protection Plan Implementation Grant

Recipient
City of Bagley
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Construct chain link security fence around City wells

Clearwater

Source Water Protection Transient Grant

Recipient
Ted and Gen's Bar BQ
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund
Construct a new well; Seal existing well
Wadena

Source Water Protection Transient Grant

Recipient
Twin Lakes Lodge
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,348
Fund Source
Clean Water Fund

Construct a new well; Seal existing wells #5 and #6 (287321, 308131)

Wadena