Druanne Cote

Hi Richard, Here is the response from Donna: “Since we are capturing their 20-year needs, and thase needs will be based on the Authority system having been constructed, they should change Genessee Co to a SW systern, Ail related systems that will purchase from thern will also need to respond with 20-year needs that reflect having the Genesee Co Authority treatment plant and pipes in place.” Does that make sense to you guys? We stil have some states that haven't turned in their frames yet, so | would say please just submit as soon as you car. YH let you know if we are waiting on you. Thanks! Dra

{know tt didn’t happen. We are working on it now, How much more time can we have? ft will be coming from Kristen Philip, We will await your answer on transitioning systems.

Hi Richard, i don’t see Michigan's submittal, but | have been out of the office myself- who would the email have come from? xxxEND_PAGE:deq21_b534_1522_1524_1 i will discuss the Genesee County issue with Donna and Linda, there are a couple other states with systerns that are transitioning to an independent source, so we need to make sure we have a consistent approach. MH fet you know when we have 2 proposal for haw to describe the system in the frame. Thanks!

Oru, Did you get our response with an updated inventory? | was out of the office last week and the person that manages our inventory is out today anc Ear out again tomorrow so | can’t deterraine the status of this response before Wednesday. We have some significant changes that should be incorporated — including a couple of 100,000+ systems that have moved or will rnove ta SW sources from SW purchasers and few srmailer systems that have done the sarne thing, As tong as lam writing you, i should ask this question. We have one system that currently purchases water fram Detroit and supplies it to approximately 20 other water systems on either a retail or wholesale basis (Genesee County}. They have a combined population of aver 100,000. They have formed a new water system (authority) and are currently constructing an intake in Lake Huron. They have aleo received a permit for constructing a raw water pipeline, but! arn not sure they have beguri construction of this project yet. When we update aur inventory for the 2015 Survey, should we leave them as a Surface Water Purchaser or re-categarize them as a surface water systern even though they prabably worrt be relying upon their new source (and new treatrnent plant yet te be built) for a year or more. Should we add the Aadthorthy as a water systern even though they aren't supplying anyone yet — just constructing a raw water system? Further complicating this matter, the Authority formed to deliver raw water to Genesee County willalso be delivering raw water to another system that was also a customer of Detroit that also serves over 100,000 people (Flint) Flint terminated their contract with Detroit earlier this year and began treating water from a river using their renovated, standby water treatment plant. As a result, we will reclassify them as a surface water source based on thelr current status. However, when the raw water pipeline that is being constructed far Genesee County is completed, Flint will also receive Lake Huron water through this gineline. This arrangernant is much like the current one that exists arnang the city of Saginaw, city of Midland and the Saginaw-Midland Water Authority. There will be an Authority that owns and onerates the intake, pipeline and booster purnping stations with reservoirs, but have no direct customers and no treatrnent or distribution needs other than the pipeline and appurtenances. Saginaw, Midland, and Flint are really surface water treaters, not purchasers, even though they are actually purchasing water from their respective Authority, And Genesee County will join thern in a year or two. This turned out to be much longer than banticipated. Sorry. Richard Benzie, PE, Acting Chief Field Operations Section Office of Brinking Water and Municipal Assistance, MDEQ, SE7-264-6512