Quinapoxet |
Issue |
Recommended
Action |
Responsible
and Potential Partners |
Potential
Funding* |
Timeline |
Capacity-building |
Implement
Phase II (Holden) and Phase III Stormwater Program (Paxton, Princeton, Rutland) |
CMRPC/
DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Towns |
319*/ 604b/ EO 418 |
M
to L |
Capacity -building |
Acquire
GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels |
MassGIS/Municipalities/RPAs |
EO
418/ Planning for Growth |
Mto
L |
Open Space |
Continued
protection of local water supply lands and continued support for MDC-MWRA
water supply protections (Holden, Princeton, Rutland) |
DEM/
DFWELE/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Towns |
Community
Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS |
I
to L |
Recreation |
Support
Wachusett area greenway protection and promote rail trail development (Holden,
Princeton, Rutland) |
City
of Worcester/ Friends of Wachusett Watershed/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Wachusett
Greenways |
DCS
Self-help/ DEM/ DFWELE/ Forest Legacy |
I
to L |
Recreation |
Support
the installation of a fish ladder at the Oakdale dam as well as provide
education and exhibit materials to accompany dam (West Boylston) |
City of Worcester/ DFWELE/ EOEA/ MDC/ National
Fish & Wildlife Foundation/ USFWS |
|
I
to M |
Water Quality |
Protect
and enhance flows in the Quinapoxet within Holden and West Boylston |
City
of Worcester/ MDC/ MWRA |
Staff
and volunteer time |
I
to L |
Water Quality |
Improve
water quality conditions in Chaffins Brook (Holden) |
MDC/
Towns |
Staff
time |
I
to M |
Water Quantity* |
Medium
stress on Quinapoxet River 2 (upper reaches from the Quinapoxet reservoir
up); therefore, work with those communities in sub-basins experiencing flow
stress to plan for future water supply and habitat protection needs. These are current conditions which are expected
to continue to 2020; however, Quinapoxet River 1 (lower reaches from the
Quinapoxet reservoir down) are expected to degrade to medium stress by 2020. |
DEM/
DEP/ SRF/ Municipalities |
604B/
EO 418 |
I
to L |
* Medium flow stress means that the net 7Q10 outflow from the sub-basin
equals or exceeds the estimated natural 7Q10. 7Q10 is the lowest consecutive
7 day streamflow that is likely to occur in a ten year period in a particular
river segment. |
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