APPENDIX H - CCAMP WATER SUPPLY PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS 



December 1986 Page H-3 



to them for protecting the water supply; and to require certain 

 land-use controls or land use bans to be implemented in Zone II; 

 to require evidence of some level of coordination with 

 neighboring communities regarding land uses in Zone lis which 

 overlap tovm boundaries; and evidence of coordination between the 

 town's planning board and the water department. 



b. DEQE/DWS should initiate an aggressive water supply planning and 

 protection outreach program in the Southeast Region as a pilot 

 program. Having outreach staff in each region is a longer term 

 goal. This outreach should cover both public and private sup- 

 plies and would provide assistance to towns in compiling compre- 

 hensive water resource management plans, 



A. DEM should set higher standards for the water resource management 

 plans it requires towns to submit, as these give the towns a good 

 framework for focusing their planning efforts. These town-wide plans 

 also form the basis for the basin wide water resource plans that 

 DEM/DWR develops. The completion of these plans should be required 

 for eligibility for DEQE water supply grant programs. Grant programs 

 included are; the Public Buildings Water Conservation Grants Program, 

 the Leak Detection and Systems Rehabilitation Program, the Drinking 

 Water Facility Construction Grants Program, the Aquifer Land Acquisi- 

 tion Program, the Contamination Correction Program and the Residential 

 Water Conservation Grants Program. In the past, there were not suffi- 

 cient incentives for towns to put much effort into the water resource 

 management plans. Now, with many water supply grant programs, suffi- 

 cient incentives exist to expect towns to complete these plans. 



5. CCPEDC should investigate sources of funding at the federal and state 

 levels and in the private sector for coordinating a series of work- 

 shops and training sessions for local officials on state and federal 

 laws, local powers, water quality monitoring, and land use management 

 for the purposes of water supply protection. DEQE, DPH, DEM, USGS and 

 EPA should make appropriate personnel available to serve on panels or 

 conduct sessions for these workshops. 



Public Water Supplies and Zone lis (Zees') 



*6. The state should continue to fund and expand the Aquifer Land Acquisi- 

 tion (ALA) program. In addition, the state should provide a matching 

 grant program for delineating the Zone lis for existing public-supply 

 wells. In addition to funding the necessary hydrological studies, 

 DEQE/DWS could utilize the leverage from the grant program to require 

 that certain land use controls be implemented in the delineated areas 

 (as currently required by the ALA Program) . 



7. DEQE/DWS, with the assistance of the other divisions, EPA's Office of 

 Groundwater and the Cape Cod Planning and Economic Development Commis- 

 sion (CCPEDC) , should provide direct information to municipalities as 

 to what are acceptable activities within Zone II areas and what activi- 

 ties present risks. 



