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The study will recommend specific actions for the next lO-lo years, as steps 

 in a long-range conservation program for the region. Recommendations will be 

 addressed to the President and the Congress of the United States, to the States 

 of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut, to interstate agencies, to local 

 governments and to private citizens and interests. 

 Recommended actions may include : 



Acquisition and management of land and water areas for reservoir sites ; 

 navigation facilities ; parks, beaches, and outdoor recrea^tion ; and fish and 

 wildlife habitat. 



Construction of facilities to control floods ; store water supplies ; treat 

 water-borne wastes; and assure public enjoyment of outdoor recreation. 

 Improved land use — zoning, purchase of easements, etc. and encouragement 

 to private interests to prevent unwise construction in flood plains ; protect 

 watersheds, aquifers and wetlands ; maintain agricultural land uses ; protect 

 scenic views ; maintain open spaces ; and secure appropriate sites for 

 commercial and industrial development. 



Why Another Study? 



A number of studies have been carried out or are underway in Narragansett 

 Bay, Boston Harbor, Cape Code and many rivers in Southeastern New England. 

 What will another study add? 



A primary purpose of the SENE Study is to develop a coordinated action 

 program to make effective use of information already available or being generated 

 by other studies. 



Some of the ongoing studies which will serve as an integral segment of and 

 provide significant input for the coordinated plan include : 



Study Responsible agency 



Northeast Water Supply Study 



(NEWS) Corps of Engineers. 



North Atlantic Water Resources Study 



(NAR) Corps of Engineers in cooperation 



with the New England River Basins 

 Commission. 

 National Estuarine Pollution Study and 



National Estuary Study Department of Interior. 



New England water quality manage- 

 ment studies Department of Interior. 



Charles River watershed study Corps of Engineers. 



Boston and Providence Harbor debris 



studies Do. 



Narragansett Bay and Pawcatuek 



River Basins flood control studies-- Do. 

 Massachusetts water resource develop- 

 ment investigations Massachusetts Division of Water Re- 

 sources and Department of Agri- 

 culture. 

 Massachusetts and Rhode Island water 



resources information studies Department of Interior with Common- 

 wealth of Massachusetts and State 

 of Rhode Island. 

 Regional planning programs Central Massachusetts Regional Plan- 

 ning Commission. 

 Central Merrimack Valley Regional 



Planning Commission. 

 Metropolitan Area Planning Council. 

 Old Colony Planning Council. 

 Southeastern Massachusetts Regional 



Planning Commission. 

 Cape Cod Planning and Economic 



Development Commission. 

 Dukes County Planning and Economic 



Development Commission. 

 Rhode Island Statewide Planning 



Program. 

 Southeastern Connecticut Regional 

 Planning Agency. 



