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recommended actions Goal 3 PROTECT THE GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF THE WATERSHED COUNTY GROUND WATER PLAN ❑ Local governments (cities, Watershed District and Ramsey County) should support, adopt and enforce the county ground water plan. ❑ Local governments and citizens should encourage and support inter - governmental and inter- county planning efforts to identify and protect critical ground water recharge areas that cross politi- cal boundaries. INVENTORY POTENTIAL SOURCES OF GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION ❑ The Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District should actively work with cities to conduct a comprehensive inventory of all land use activities that may represent a potential harm to ground wa- ter resources and drinking water supplies. Cities, the Watershed District, and Ramsey County should adopt appropriate local regulatory and non regulatory pollution pre- vention activities to ensure existing and future sources do not contaminate ground water resources. WELL INVENTORIES AND SEALING ❑ The Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District should con- tinue to inventory local wells. All local wells should be invento- ried with a priority in critical ground water areas. The Ramsey SWCD should make well inventory maps available to local gov- ernments in the watershed. • Ramsey County and the Watershed District should identify and evaluate incentives or regulations that could accelerate sealing abandoned wells, and their economic and resource benefits and problems. These might include tax credits or property tax reduc- tions for sealing abandoned wells; requirements that wells be sealed to obtain building permits, combined with special assess- ments that spread the cost of well - sealing over several years; or partial grants to homeowners to seal abandoned wells. ❑ The Watershed Natural Resources Plan should include maps of critical ground water areas, wellhead protection areas, and exist- ing well inventories. These maps will be provided to city plan- ning and engineering departments and planning commissions, to encourage them to adopt and implement local wellhead protec- tion plans and contaminant source management strategies. 27 PHALEN CHAIN OF LAKES WATERSHED PROJECT Page 50