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| 5-Year Plan Issue | Recommended Action | Responsible and Potential Partners | Potential Funding* | Timeline |
| Capacity-building | Implement Phase II Stormwater Program (Holden) | CMRPC/ DEP/ NRWA/ Towns | 319*/ 604b/ EO 418 | M to L |
| Capacity-building | Acquire GIS capacity and inventory/prioritize parcels | MassGIS/ Municipalities/ Regional Planning Commissions | EO 418/ Planning for Growth | M to L |
| Open Space | Continued protection of local water supply lands and continued support for MDC-MWRA water supply protections (Holden) | DEM/ DFWELE/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Towns | Community Preservation Act/ DCS Self help/ Forest Legacy/ LCIPS | I to L |
| Recreation | Support greenways to link communities via intermunicipal trails and open spaces, and in particular the Mass Central Rail Trail (Holden, Paxton, Rutland, Sterling, W. Boylston) and White Oak Trail connected to Trout Brook Resrvation | DEM/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Rails to Trails Conservancy/ Towns/ Wachusett Greenways | DEM Trails/ TEA 21 | I to L |
| Recreation | Improve gating to control detrimental activities (Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Sterling, W. Boylston) | MDC/ Towns | Staff time | I |
| Recreation | Support Wachusett area greenway protection and promote rail trail development (Holden) | City of Worcester/ Friends of Wachusett Watershed/ Land trusts/ MDC/ NRWA/ Wachusett Greenways | DCS Self-help/ DEM/ DFWELE/ Forest Legacy | I to L |
| Water Quality | Promote water quality improvements at West Boylston Brook (Holden) [as noted in the MDC Sanitary Surveys] | DEP/ MDC/ Towns | 319/ DEP Source Protection/ MDC TA grants | I to L |
| Water Quality | Help develop and disseminate BMPs for small-scale, hobby type agricultural operations eg: horse stables (Holden) | DEP/ DFA/ MDC/ NRCS/ Towns/ Worcester Conservation District | 319/ staff time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Protect and enhance flows in the Quinapoxet within Holden | City of Worcester/ MDC/ MWRA | Staff and volunteer time | I to L |
| Water Quality | Improve water quality conditions in Chaffins Brook (Holden) | MDC/ Towns | Staff time | I to M |
| Water Quantity* | Medium flow stress; therefore, work in Quinapoxet sub-basins experiencing flow stress to plan for future water supply and habitat protection needs. These are current conditions which are expected to continue to 2020. | DEM/ DEP/ SRF/ Municipalities | 604B/ EO 418 | I to L |
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* Medium flow stress means that the net 7Q10 outflow from the sub-basin equals or exceeds the estimated natural 7Q10. 7Q10 is the lowest consecutive 7 day streamflow that is likely to occur in a ten year period in a particular river segment.
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