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projects on the Public Facilities and Services Plan planned facilities map does not confer <br /> rights to a groundwater source. <br /> <br />12. Known and potential groundwater pollution exists in the metropolitan area. Known and <br /> potential sources of groundwater pollution include septic tank wastes,, industrial, <br /> commercial, and residential runoff; leakage from sanitary sewer pipes; leaking from <br /> sanitary landfills; agricultural non-point sources (spraying and animal wastes); chemical <br /> m~d petroleum spills, and natural contaminants (arsenic). <br /> <br />13. Beneficial uses of groundwater in the metropolitan area include domestic and municipal <br /> water supplies, industrial supplies, and domestic and commercial irrigation. Tt~e value <br /> and frequency of these uses varies ~-unong incorporated, urbanizable, and rural areas. <br /> <br />(Note: findings 12 and 13 were moved from Chal~ter III-C, Environmental Resources <br />Element) <br /> <br />Policies <br /> <br />G.9 Eugene and Springfield and their respective utility branches, EWEB and SUB, shall <br /> ultimately be the water service providers within the UGB. <br /> <br />G. 10 Continue to take positive steps to protect groundwater supplies. The cities, county, and <br /> other service providers shall manage land use and public facilities for groundwater- <br /> related benefits through the implementation of the Springfield Drinking Water Protection <br /> Plan and other wellhead protection plans. Management practices instituted to protect <br /> groundwater shall be coordinated among the City of Springfield, City of Eugene, and <br /> Lane County. <br /> <br />G. 11 Ensure that water main extensions within the UGB' include adequate consideration of fire <br /> flows. <br /> <br />G. 12 SUB, EWEB, and Rainbow Water District, the water providers that currently control a <br /> water source, shall examine the need for a metropolitan-wide water master program, <br /> recognizing that a metropolitan-wide system will require establishing standards, as well <br /> as coordinated source and delivery systems. <br /> <br />Services to Develol)ment Within the Urban Growth Boundary: Stormwater <br /> \ <br /> <br />Findings <br /> <br />1_4:3. Historically, stormwater systems in Eugene and Springfield were designed primarily to <br /> control floods. The 1987 re-authorization of the federal Clean Water Act required, for <br /> the first time, local communities to reduce stormwater pollution within their municipal <br /> storm drainage systems. These requirements applied initially to the City of Eugene and <br /> subsequent amendments to the Act extended these requirements to Springfield and Lane <br /> County. <br /> <br /> III-G-6 <br /> <br /> <br />