S. RUSSELL SYLVA 

 Commissioner 



One li'i'fUe^ J^mel, ^oOon 02i08 



December 21, 1987 



TO: Readers of the CX»MP R^wrt: 



With the Cape Cod Aquifer Management Project reaching ccsiipletion after morB 

 then two years of cocperation between all levels of government, it is time to 

 assess vtot we have done and to determine how the information generated will 

 change the way we do business. I have no doubt there will be changes and I see 

 them falling into the three following broad areas: 



!• Ihe partnership of federal, state, regional and local administrators and 

 technical staff has worked so well on this project that I see this 

 association continuing in the management of other projects in the future. 

 This team approach has resulted in the generation of new information that 

 has ej^ianded the frontiers of knowledge on ground water management and will 

 result in benefits far beyond our borders. The ccsnbination of expertise 

 that has been put together has already spurred renewed efforts to provide 

 more technical assistance to local officials that in turn will benefit the 

 people of those ocmnunities. 



2. The enfiiasis on an interdisciplinary approach to protecting the resource of 

 ground water has soanetimes been difficult for prtagram oriented people v*io 

 work with laws, regulations, policies and guidelines that focus on 

 individual programs. I think this new way of looking at our tasks is 

 moving us in a direction of closer cooperation and shared responsibility 

 for ground water protection. 



3. The current pressure to clean-155 hazardous waste, with the costs and risks 

 associated with these clean-i?js, maJces clear the necessity of doing all we 

 can do to prevent toxics frcm getting into our soil, water and air in the 

 first place. CCAMP has served as a valuable catalyst with its continued 

 en?*iasis on prevention . We are moving now to looking at reduction of 

 contaminants at the source in order to ke^ them out of the Weiste stream 

 altogether. 



I am confident that all v*io took part in this exciting project have leeimed 

 much frcxn the experience. I am sure we will continue to learn as we put into 

 practice the many worthy reccnmendations forged by the serious woric of this 

 joint venture. 



