Chapter 7 - INSTITUTIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS 



Cape Cod Aquifer Management Project Final Report 



Page 72 



SELECTED MAJOR FINDINGS 



TABLE 7.1 

 KEY CCAMP RECCMHENDATIONS 



REGIONAL LEVEL 



FEDERAL LEVEL 



3. Inadequate 

 planning for 

 future water 

 supply needs 



Towns should have a 

 water study 

 eoimiittee 

 Towns on pi±>lic or 

 private water 

 should identify 

 future sites for 

 publ ic wells 

 Towns should have a 

 master plan 

 Towns should do a 

 build-out analysis 

 and population 

 projections for 

 water planning 

 Towns should map 

 wells, Zone lis, 

 waste sources, 

 future wel Is, etc. 

 Adopt aquifer pro- 

 tection bylaw to 

 protect present and 

 and future water 

 needs 



Should charge true 

 cost of water; use 

 revenues for water 

 planning and 

 protection. 



Technical assist- 

 ance to comrixiities 



on water supply 

 planning 



RPAs should foster 

 cooperation between 

 towns on management 

 of shared Zone I Is 

 Model Aquifer Pro- 

 tection District 

 Bylaw 



DEOE should initiate 

 outreach arvJ loan 

 program targeted to 

 towns dependent on 

 private wells that 

 wi II rteed publ ic 

 supplies. 



Provide funding to 

 these towns for water 

 studies 



Provide adequate 

 incentives to towns 

 for conpletion of 

 water resource plans 

 (i.e. grant 

 el igibi lity) 

 DEQE should initiate a 

 grant program to 

 assist towns in Zone 

 II delineation 

 State should require 

 planning before zoning 

 ' DEQE should require 

 appropriate protection 

 measures for Zone lis 

 for new source 

 approvals 



EPA should include 

 water sipply plan- 

 ning as part of 

 studies firtded by 

 201 wastewater 

 planning monies 

 where necessary 



