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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..m'oundwater pollution exists in the metropolitan area. Known and <br /> potential sources of ~oundwater pollution include septic tank wastes,, industrial, <br /> commercial, and residential runoff; leakage from sanitary, sewer pipes; leaking from <br /> sanitary, landfills; a..ericultural non-point sources (spraying and animal wastes); chemical <br /> and petroleum spills,__at3d __natural contaminants (arsenic_)_. <br /> <br /> 13. Beneficial uses of..m'oundwater in the metropolitan area include domestic and municipal <br /> water supplies, industrial supplies, and domestic and commercial irrigation. The value <br /> and frequency of these uses varies among incorporated: urbanizable, and rural areas, <br /> <br /> ~9~z~g~.~.~.~.~.~..,,~~,~E9~ Chapter III-C.. [.gTff~gt~: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 Development Within the Urban Growth Boundary: Stormwater <br /> <br /> Findings <br /> <br />I 14-~. 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 />