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West Boylston
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| 5-Year Plan Issue | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
| Capacity-building | Implement Phase II Stormwater Program (West Boylston) | CMRPC/ DEP/ NRWA/ Town | 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 | Continued protection of local water supply lands and continued support for MDC-MWRA water supply protections (West Boylston) | DEM/ Land Trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Town | ALA/ Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ LCIPS | I to L |
| Recreation | Support greenways to link communities via intermunicipal trails and open spaces, and in particular the Mass Central Rail Trail (Holden, Paxton, Rutland, Sterling, W. Boylston) | DEM/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Rails to Trails Conservancy/ Town/ Wachusett Greenways | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Recreation | Improve gating to control detrimental activities (Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Sterling, W. Boylston) | MDC/ Town | Staff time | I |
| 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) | DFWELE/ EOEA/ MDC/ National Fish & Wildlife Foundation/ USFWS | ? | I to M |
| Water Quality | Promote water quality improvements at Gates and Scarlett Brooks (W. Boylston) [as noted in the MDC Sanitary Surveys] | DEP/ MDC/ Town | 319/ DEP Source Protection/ MDC TA grants | I to L |
| Water Quality | Protect and enhance flows in the Quinapoxet within West Boylston | City of Worcester/ MDC/ MWRA | Staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Water Quantity* | Medium flow stress; therefore, work in Wachusett 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. | ||||