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the costs and benefits of protective groundwater controls versus both 

 remediation of contaminated sites and treatment at the wellhead. 



VJhile the goal of the CCAMP effort is to protect groundwater and to 

 avoid the need for remediation and treatment; there will always be cases 

 where treatment may be a necessity. 



8.2 CCAMP 's Challenge 



The completion of CCAMP 's study phase, as described in this final 

 report and the technical reports and journal articles published elsewhere, 

 represents the challenge facing CCAMP: the implementation of CCAMP 's recom- 

 mendations. CCAMP has now assembled the facts and has the basis for imple- 

 menting change at all levels of government for the protection of the 

 Cape's sole -source aquifer. CCAMP has succeeded in defining its future 

 goals and in developing the framework for the cooperative interagency 

 approach that will be necessary to enact these important changes. The 

 limited resources available to the project for implementing these 

 recommendations have not changed. It will therefore be necessary for each 

 CCAMP agency to implement those recommendations that pertain to it and to 

 work together in coordinating interagency efforts having the highest 

 priority. 



CCAMP 's ambitious goal of changing the way federal, state, regional 

 and local agencies approach groundwater was extremely successful. The 

 project succeeded in demonstrating that all levels of government can work 

 together around a common goal. Changes will come slowly. However, a blue 

 print is now in place for establishing a sound basis for improving the way 

 each level of government can protect this vital resource. 



