Wekepeke
Issue	Recommended Action	Responsible and Potential Partners	Potential Funding*	Timeline
Capacity-building	Encourage greater use of Chapter 61 for land protection (Lancaster, Leominster)	DEM/NRWA/  Towns	?	I
Capacity-building	Implement Devens Subregional Plan recommendations (Lancaster)	JBOS/ NRWA/ Towns	EO 418/ Planning for Growth	I
Capacity -building	Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels	MassGIS/Municipalities/RPAs	EO 418/ Planning for Growth	M to L
Open Space	Protect riparian zones for habitat and water quality especially threatened lands adjacent to Wekepeke Brook (Sterling)	DEM/ DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ NRWA/ Towns	ALA/ Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ LCIPS/ Towns	I to L
Water Quality	Protect Wekepeke aquifer by limiting impervious cover and monitoring development and water quality impacts (Leominster, Sterling)	DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Towns	DEP water supply protection programs/ EO 418	I to L
Water Quantity*	Medium flow stress; 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.	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.