11-24-2025 - Agenda Packet Cc - Work Session

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When using this Priority Waters List, for projects near a specific waterbody, we recommend you connect with local residents to understand how they value and interact with the waterbody. The Twin Cities region is home to many diverse communities with different cultural and personal relationships to water, so it's important to incorporate those perspectives in addition to the Priority Waters List when working on local -scale projects. Communities should identify the Priority Waters and the projects and/or programs that will protect or restore these waters. The Water Contamination and Impaired Waters map includes any water bodies that are on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's 303d Impaired Waters List. Table of Priority Waters for the City of Orono Waterbody Type Name DNR Lake ID DNR Kittle Number Lake Long 27016000 --- Lake Minnetonka 27013300 --- Water Supply Water supply is not a regional system. However, water supply information is required for local comprehensive plan updates to meet statutory requirements and for consistency with regional policy. To ensure that there is a safe and plentiful supply of water —for a wide range of residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, recreational, and other purposes —it is important to make sure local water supply sources, infrastructure, and planned investments are aligned with planned land use changes. The Met Council recognizes the local responsibility and authority for water supply planning. However, a regional perspective is also valuable, because the effects of local water supply decisions do not stop at community boundaries. The Met Council provides regional planning, guidance, and resources to support communities and help safeguard our shared water resources. Water supply plan -related requirements generally include: Clearly identifying the locations of water sources and amount of water that is currently used and is planned to be used for things like agriculture, homes, businesses, industries, and other public and private purposes. This includes areas that affect those water sources, such as source water protection areas. Creating a program for how to implement local rules and regulations about water supply, including when and how these rules will be developed, adopted, and administered. Communities served by a municipal community public water supply system must fulfill part of these requirements by attaching a local water supply plan approved by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as an appendix to the comprehensive plan. The Water Supply Considerations map illustrates some key content for your community, including Drinking Water Supply Management Areas, Special Well and Boring Construction Areas, and Priority Waters qualifying as drinking water sources. 2025 SYSTEM STATEMENT WATER RESOURCES 26 29