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M I N N E S 0 T A o � DEPARTMENToFHEALTH Protecting, Maintaining and Improving the Health of All Minnesotans NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF CORRECTION - - - .�� Refer to: License No. 27597 �' 1g99 Apri128, 1999 _ Mr. John E. Uran Water Plus 44 Center Street Excelsior, Minnesota 55331 Dear Mr. Uran: Subject: Violation of Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4725 for Well Located at 3348 Bayside Road, Orono, Hennepin Countv, Minnesota, Unique Number 600234 The purpose of this letter is to inform you of violations of Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4725, which were noted by a representative of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), and to acknowledge corrections you made at the site listed above. Water Plus constructed a water-supply well, Unique No. 600234, in March of 1999 on property located at 3348 Bayside Road, Orono. A search of the records available at the city of Orono indicated that the property was formerly served by an individual sewage treatment and disposal system. The property was connected to the municipal sewer system in 1993. Records indicate that the contents of a sewage tank were pumped and removed, and that the block walls of the tank were caved in. The records did not indicate whether the sewage tank was a sealed septic tank or a cesspool or seepage pit with an open bottom. The records also noted the possible existence of a sewage drainfield. The city records did not indicate that contaminated soils were removed Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4725 requires that a water-supply well be located a minimum horizontal distance of 50 feet from a sewage drainfield, a minimum of 50 feet from a septic tank, and a minimum of 75 feet from a cesspool or seepage pit. The minimum isolation or "setback" distances apply to sources actively receiving contaminants and also to inactive sources of contamination, unless the contamination has been removed. On March 26, 1999, Mr. Douglas Edson, hydrologist from the St. Paul office, met on the property with Mr. Steve Weckman, city of Orono, and you to determine if the well was located closer to the sewage system than allowed by rule. Two holes were dug to a depth of 18 inches in 121 East Seventh Place •St.Paul,MN 55101 •http://www.health.state.mn.us An equal opportunity employer