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06.28.03Prepare historic preservation ordinances or provisions for existing ordinances that address water-based resources.

06.28.03Support state legislation in PA to establish regulatory ground water withdrawal allocation and management programs consistent with the goals and objectives of Watersheds.

06.28.03Maintain Emergency Action Plans for dams as required under state law.

06.28.03Encourage reduction of all water uses by at least y1() and non-essential water uses by 10% during drought warning declarations.

06.28.03Implement infiltration BMPs and conservation design practices to eliminate the need for, or reduce the size of stormwater basins

06.28.03Identify and address non-regulated pollutants that may impair the quality of drinking water and establish cooperative and voluntary programs to control their release to source waters of instream water supply intakes.

06.28.03Design instream culverts to ensure fish and water passage at low t1ow, to avoid channel scour, and to maintain or enhance the natural channel geometry and habitat of the stream segment.

06.28.03Avoid instream discharges whenever possible, through infiltration and land application.

06.28.03Implement objectives and strategies for the Watersheds Goal 3: Protect Natural

06.28.03Enforce municipal floodplain management ordinances.