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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 (Sterling) | DEM/ NRWA/ Town | I | |
| Capacity-building | Implement Phase II Stormwater Program (Sterling) | DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 319*/ 604b/ EO 418 | M to L |
| Capacity-building | Provide support for monitoring construction and development projects (Sterling) | MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | 604b | I |
| Capacity-building | Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels | MassGIS/ Municipalities/ Regional Planning Commissions | 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/ Town | ALA/ Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ LCIPS/ Towns | I to L |
| Open Space | Continued protection of local water supply lands and continued support for MDC-MWRA water supply protections (Sterling) | DEM/ Land Trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Town | ALA/ Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ LCIPS | I to L |
| Open Space | Protect high priority habitat areas near Hycrest Pond south of Justice Hill Road (Sterling) | DFWELE/ Land Trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Town | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS | I to L |
| Open Space | Continued protection of local water supply lands and continued support for MDC-MWRA water supply protections (Sterling) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Town | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS | I to L |
| Recreation | Improve gating to control detrimental activities (Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Sterling, W. Boylston) | MDC/ Town | Staff time | I |
| Recreation | Support greenways to link communities via intermunicipal trails and open spaces, and in particular the Mass Central Rail Trail (Sterling) | DEM/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Towns/ Wachusett Greenways | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Recreation | Promote use of the Stillwater Farm for an educational resource for watershed protection as well as an eco-tourist destination (Sterling) | MDC/ Town | Staff and volunteer time | M to L |
| Water Quality | Protect Wekepeke aquifer by limiting impervious cover and monitoring development and water quality impacts (Sterling) | DEP/ MRPC/ NRWA/ Town | DEP water supply protection programs/ EO 418 | I to L |
| Water Quality | Promote water quality improvements at Gates Brook, West Boylston Brook, Malagasco and Scarlett Brooks (Sterling) [as noted in the MDC Sanitary Surveys] | DEP/ MDC/ Town | 319/ DEP Source Protection/ MDC TA grants | I to L |
| Water Quality | Address beaver contamination issues (Sterling) | DEP/ DFWELE/ MDC/ Town | 319/ Aquifer Land Acquisition Program/ DEP Source Protection | I to L |
| Water Quality | Help develop and disseminate BMPs for small-scale, hobby type agricultural operations eg: horse stables (Sterling) | DEP/ DFA/ MDC/ NRCS/ Town/ Worcester Conservation District | 319/ staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Address water quality problems in The Quag, Bartlett, and West Waushacum Ponds (Sterling) | COLAP/ DEP/ NRWA/ Town | 319/ DEM Lakes and Ponds/ staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Promote water quality improvements at E. Lake Waschacum (Sterling) | DEP/ MDC/ Town | 319/ DEM Lakes and Ponds/ staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Monitor NPDES permit (Sterling) | DEP/ MWRA/ Town | Staff and volunteer time | L |
| Water Quantity* | Medium flow stress; therefore, work in Wekepeke sub-basin 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. | ||||