PLAN PURPOSE
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The purpose of the Water Resources
Plan is to evaluate existing growth and anticipated future development and
consider any impacts to, and demands on, water resources, drinking water,
wastewater, and stormwater.
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The Water Resources Plan provides
growth guidance expressed as goals, policies, and strategies to address water
quality impacts associated with land use in the county.
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The creation of this Water
Resources Plan will assure that the Prince George’s County’slly
integratesGeneralwater resourcePlanissuesfu and planning solutions into its
overall mission and addresses the
relationship between planned growth a
demands and capacities.
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This Water Resources Plan shows how
drinking water supplies, wastewater effluents, and stormwater runoff can be
anticipated and
managed to support planned and existing
growth.
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Water resource limitations include
finite source water supplies and thresholds on wastewater and stormwater
discharge based on the
assimilative capacity of the receiving
watersheds.
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The identification of limitations
and/or opportunities in the planning process ensures that the Water Resources
Plan is realistic and environmentally
The purpose of the Water Resources Plan
is to:
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Ensure a safe and ample supply of
drinking water from both surface and groundwater sources and adequate treatment
of wastewater.
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Minimize the nutrient loading
impacts to our groundwater, streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay from the
uses we employ on our land.
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Improve data collection and promote
a watershed planning process to achieve a desirable balance of sustainable
growth and preservation of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Provide water resources data that
can be transparently interpreted to establish growth area boundaries, inform
land-use recommendations, and target preservation/ conservation/restoration
areas.
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Drinking Water Supplyâ€'Production
capacity of drinking water supply facilities; protection of source
waters, headwaters, aquifers, and the quality and quantity of receiving waters;
water appropriation permit limits; and drinking water resource availability
during drought.
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Wastewater Treatmentâ€'Treatment
and allowable discharge capacity of wastewater systems; wastewater
management through alternate distribution technologies; inspection and
maintenance of existing and proposed public and private wastewater systems;
location and implementation of advanced wastewater treatment septic systems;
expansion or restriction of public sewer systems; and prevention of public
sewer overflows and wastewater treatment system failures.
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Stormwater Managementâ€'Current
and proposed stormwater management systems and practices; water quality
protection in receiving waters, headwaters, wetlands, aquifers and groundwater;
stream morphology, ecosystems, woodlands and tree canopy preservation and
restoration; policy support and implementation strategies for environmental
site design; support for conservation, preservation, and restoration programs;
and community engagement and education to maintain and/or improve water
quality.
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