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zoning and related powers to upgrade groundwater protection to the same level of importance as surface, storm and flood water.
(3) additional staff and funding to improve the permitting process for new wells and to effectively monitor and carry out enforcement programs for both existing and new facilities.
(4) development and implementation of an underground storage tank regulatory program that would give local governments the authority to regulate residential and agricultural tanks now exempt from federal and state control which “pose the most widespread threat to groundwater if pot properly maintained. ”
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(6) a broadening of the Water Commission’s scope to include specific legislative proposals by which local
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Del. John Rollison detailed the importance of groundwater: it is the primary source of drinking water
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