In a message dated 12/5/2000 12:38:23 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes in part, regarding the use of Jordan Aquifer groundwater for once-through cooling by General Mills before dumping into surface water of Basset Creek: << The City of Golden Valley has entered the lawsuit on the side of General Mills as an intervener, and has filed an amicus brief in the lawsuit. Golden Valley does not happen to get its municipal water from the aquifer, but instead is hooked into the Mpls river water system. >> Don't the MN DNR and cities relying on the Mississippi River for potable municipal water supplies have a major interest, from a contingency planning perspective, on maintaining adequate, clean groundwater in event of a major supply disruption with Mississippi River water? After all, there are not only other waste treatment systems upstream along the river, but also several power plants, including the nuclear facilities in Montecello which use river water for cooling purposes. What would Minneapolis and Golden Valley do if the Mississippi were to incur significant contamination over an extended period? Just curious. M. Hohmann 13th Ward
