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Leominster
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| 5-Year Plan Issue | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
| Capacity-building | Encourage greater use of Chapter 61 for land protection (Leominster) | DEM/ NRWA/ Towns | ? | I |
| Capacity-building | Implement Phase II Stormwater Program (Leominster) | City/ DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA | 319*/ 604b/ EO 418 | M to L |
| Capacity-building | Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels | MassGIS/ Municipalities/ Regional Planning Commissions | EO 418/ Planning for Growth | M to L |
| Open Space | Promote river corridor protection (Leominster) | Cities and Towns/ Land Trusts/ NRWA | DCS Self-help/ Forest Legacy | I to L |
| Open Space | Protection of additional local water supply lands (Leominster) | City/ DCS/ DEM/ Land trusts/ NRWA | ALA/ DCS Self-help/ Community Preservation Act | I to L |
| Open Space | Protect undeveloped lands adjacent to Notown Reservoir (Leominster) | City/ Land trusts/ NRWA | Community Preservation Act/ Forest Legacy/ Self Help | I to L |
| Recreation | Support greenways to link communities via intermunicipal trails and open spaces, and in particular the Mass Central Rail Trail (Leominster) | DEM/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Towns/ Wachusett Greenways | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Recreation | Support Monoosnoc Brook greenway and bike path efforts (Leominster) | City/ DEM/ Greenway Committee/ NRWA | DCS Self Help/ DEM Trails | I to L |
| Recreation | Remedy potentially dangerous dam fragments on North Nashua River at Leominster Italian-American Club | City/ DEM/ Greenway Committee/ NRWA | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Recreation | Help restore Barrett Pond Park (Leominster) | City/ DEM | staff and volunteer time | M |
| Water Quality | Restore Barrett Pond (Leominster) | Barrett Pond Committee/ City/ DEM | 319/ DEM Lakes and Ponds | M to L |
| Water Quality | Protect Wekepeke aquifer by limiting impervious cover and monitoring development and water quality impacts (Leominster) | DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Towns | DEP water supply protection programs/ EO 418 | I to L |
| Water Quality | Monitor compliance with NPDES permits (Leominster) | DEP/ NRWA | staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Address instream toxicity issues and monitor nutrient concentration, bacteria and pathogens (Leominster) | DEP/ EOEA/ NRWA | EOEA/ SRF/ staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Improve water quality in Pierce and Rockwell Ponds, Monoosnoc Brook (Leominster) | City/ DEP/ Fitchburg Stream Team/ Monoosnoc Brook Greenway Committee | 319 | I to L |
| Water Quality | Restore Lake Samoset (Leominster) | City/ DEM/ Lake Samoset Committee | 319/ DEM Lakes and Ponds | M to L |
| Water Quality | Monitor the fishery and fisheries habitat enhancement ( | City/ DEM/ DFWELE/ NRWA | Section 206 of WRDA 1 | I to L |
| Water Quantity* | Medium flow stress; therefore, work in Flag and Monoosnoc 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. | ||||