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Long term protection of drinking water resources inevitably leads to issues of areawide land management policies. Individual water supply utilities are necessarily affected by, and dependent upon, decisions made by separate, multiple land use permitting agencies. Further, land use decisions affecting drinking water resources are intricately interwoven with ecological, economic, hydrogeological, park and recreational management, civic and other considerations. Water resource protection in such a multiagency context requires coordination throughout the geographic watershed, across government entities, and permanently into the future. The Central Pine Barrens of Suffolk County, New York, is one example of such a regional watershed area. Here, effective, long term management of diverse natural resources, including potable, high quality groundwater, demands an innovative approach. The Suffolk County WaterAuthority (SCWA), the principal water purveyor in and surrounding this regional watershed, has catalyzed just such an interagency approach, serving as both a technical resource and a consensus builder. The result of this recent approach was the establishment, on June 28, 1995, of New York State's third largest forest preserve, and the achievement of its associated groundwater protection benefits.

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Published: 01/01/1995 ISBN(s): 0898678323 Number of Pages: 10File Size: 1 file , 470 KB