| 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. | ||||