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51690.9 <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Mark E. Bernhardson, City Administrato <br />DATB: May 16, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: Water Resource Protection <br />COUNCIL MEETIHG <br />WAV'2 9 1990 <br />y OF OHOHO <br />ISSUE - At the Council's March 12th meeting during a discussion <br />of property at 1342 Rest Point Lane the issue was raised <br />regarding a source of water and looking into whether the City <br />should require water conservation or source regulation relating <br />to both environmental and also a sanitary issue. <br />DISCUSSION - The primary *«sues in utilization of the water <br />resource : <br />Source <br />A. Surface <br />1. Lakes <br />2. Streams <br />B. Sub-surface <br />1. Individual wells <br />2. Municipal well and system <br />Usage <br />A. Domestic/Sanitation purposes <br />B. Commercial processing purposes <br />C. Fire protection <br />D. Supplement to natural moisture for lawn and garden <br />watering. <br />E. Recreation <br />Persons in the City of Orono may use 1, 2, 3 or all 4 of the <br />sources outlined for the various uses or combination of uses <br />specified. The City through its initial water conservation <br />measures passed originally in 1988 control the usage regardless <br />of source when it comes to watering. <br />The City has not required how any specific source be used for any <br />particular usage up to this point. The City does not require <br />where municipal water is available that any property hook up to <br />it: however, it does charge an availability charge to that <br />property primarily because of the fire protection aspect to which <br />a municipal well contributes up to that property.