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Pioneer Valley Water Action Plan Prepared by Pioneer Valley Planning Commission in cooperation with Pioneer Valley Water Supply Task Force June 1990 This project was funded in part through a Strategic Plaiming Grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities and Development s PIONEER VALLEY WATER ACTION PLAN JUNE, 1990 Prepared by Pioneer Valley Planning Commission in cooperation with the Pioneer Valley Water Supply Task Force This project was funded in part through a Strategic Planning grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities and Development This project was completed under the direction of Timothy W. Brennan, Executive Director Staff Credits Writing and Research: Christopher Curtis, Principal Planner Thomas Matuszko, Land Use Specialist Francesca Maltese, Environmental Analyst/Planning Technician Typing: Karen Godbout Carol Samo Barbara Bost TABLE OF CONTENTS PIONEER VALLEY WATER ACTION PLAN 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 . 1 Project Goals and Objectives 1 . 2 Formation of Water Supply Task Force 1 . 3 Planning Process 2.0 REGIONAL WATER NEEDS FOR YEAR 2000 AND BEYOND 2 . 1 S ummary of Regional Water Outiook 2.2 Summary of Regional Water Pricing Policies 2.3 Summary of Existing Municipal Water Conservation Programs 3.0 COMMUNITY-BY-COMMUNITY WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT 3 . 1 Municipal Water Supply Summaries 4.0 EMERGENCY INTERMUNICIPAL WATER CONNECTIONS 4. 1 The Need for Interconnections 4.2 Types of Interconnections 4.3 Technical Feasibility of New Connections 4.4 Legal/Financial Issues for New Connections 4.5 Inventory of Potential Emergency Intermunicipal Water Connections 5.0 MUNICIPAL WATER DEMAND REDUCTION/CONSERVATION OPTIONS 5. 1 Water Conservation Policy Statement 5 . 2 Conservation-Oriented Water Rate Structures and Pricing Pohcies 5 . 3 Retrofit of Water Conserving Devices 5 . 4 Development Regulations for Water Conservation 5 . 5 Enforcement and Improvement of State Plumbing Code 5 . 6 Public Education on Water Conservation 5 . 7 Leak Detection and Repair 6.0 BUSINESS AND INSTITUTIONAL WATER CONSERVATION OPTIONS 6. 1 Assessment of Current Practices 6.2 Case Study: Spalding Sports Worldwide, Chicopee 6.3 Other Examples of Successful Business/Institutional Water Conservation 6.4 Business Water Conservation Options 6.5 Promoting Business Water Conservation TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) 7.0 WATER SUPPLY PROTECTION OPTIONS 7. 1 Water Supply Protection Policy Statement 7.2 Local Water Supply Protection Options 7 . 3 Regional Water S upply Protection Options 8.0 PROGRAMS AND LEGISLATION TO PROMOTE WATER CONSERVATION OR PROTECTION 8. 1 Federal Safe Drinking Water Act 8.2 Massachusetts Water Management Act 8 . 3 Massachusetts Interbasin Transfer Act 8.4 Massachusetts Plumbing Code 8.5 Massachusetts Drinking Water and Water Supply Regulations 8.6 Massachusetts Drinking Water Protection Act 8.7 Massachusetts Public Water Supply-Service Charges Act 9.0 REGIONAL WATER ACTION STRATEGY 9. 1 Water Conservation Recommendations 9.2 Water Supply Protection Recommendations 9.3 Intermunicipal Connection Recommendations 10.0 PUTTING THE STRATEGY INTO ACTION 10. 1 Subregions for Action on Water Conservation, Protection and Interconnection 10.2 Existing Subregional Models 10.3 Recommended Subregional Actions 10.4 Recommended Community - Specific Actions 11.0 APPENDICES Appendix A: Business Water Supply Survey Appendix B: Model Bylaws for Water Conservation Appendix C: Model Mutual Aid Compact Appendix D: Supply and Demand Summary and Projections 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project Goals and Objectives The Pioneer Valley Water Action Plan has been prepared to summarize the results of a nine- month regional water supply planning process undertaken by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, in cooperation with the Pioneer Valley Water Supply Task Force. The project was funded through a Strategic Planning grant from Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities and Development. Project goals and objectives are as follows: a. Goals 1 . To promote regional cooperation between Pioneer Valley communities on water demand management, water conservation and protection, and response to water emergencies; 2. To encourage water conservation practices in the Region's businesses, residences and public buildings. b. Objectives 1 . To assess municipal water supply adequacy and supply needs for Pioneer Valley communities through the Year 2000 and beyond; 2. To investigate the technical and legal mechanisms necessary to establish intermunicipal water supply connections in the Pioneer Valley; 3 . To develop and implement a regional water demand reduction and conservation strategy; 4. To assess water use and promote water conservation practices in the region's businesses through education and technology transfer, 5. To investigate cooperative regional approaches to developing new supplies, protecting existing supplies, meeting state regulations, and utilizing state grants or resources. 1.2 Formation of Pioneer Valley Water Supply Task Force In order to assist the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission in collecting water supply data, and in developing regional water supply strategies, the Pioneer Valley Water Supply Task Force was formed The membership includes: Pioneer Valley Water Task Force Members Christopher Golba, Senior Treatment Chemist, Chicopee Water Department Francis Broderick, Director, Springfield Water Department David Conti, Manager, Holyoke Water Works John Higgins, Regional Engineer, Mass. Department of Environmental Protection Peter McNulty, Acting Director, Northampton Department of Public Works William Elliot, Director, Water Supply Citizens Advisory Committee PIONEER VALLEY WATER ACTION PLAN 1 ) Members (Continued * Dennis Miles, Administrative Assistant, West Springfield Barbara Swords, Westfield City Council Stanley Ziomek, Assistant Town Manager, Amherst John Pearsall, Planning and Community Development Administrator, Wilbraham Edward Wroblewski, Water Superintendent, Hatfield Michael Tautznik, Board of Selectmen, Easthampton Jim Holeva, Metropolitan District Commission John Stone, Superintendent of Public Works, Agawam Donald Pipczynski, Board of Selectmen, Hadley Associate Members Lawrence Smith, Planning Department, Northampton Stuart Beckley, Town Planner, Easthampton Wayne Feiden, Planning Department, Northampton Kurt Boisjolie, Mass. Department of Environmental Protection Robert Hoyt, Springfield Water Department Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Staff Members Christopher Curtis Thomas Matuszko Francesca Maltese * Denotes Task Force Chairman 1.3 Planning Process The planning process for developing the Pioneer Valley Water Action Plan was divided into three components: 1) community involvement; 2) data collection and analysis; 3) policy and strategy development. a. Communitv Involvement The Water Supply Task Force served as the public advisory committee for the development of the Pioneer Valley Water Action Plan. The Water Supply Task Force convened its first meeting on December 1, 1989, and has met monthly since that time. The Task Force meeting agendas are summarized below. Date Meeting Location Major Agenda Items December 1, 1989 West Springfield • Discussion of PVPC Work Plan • Task Force Goals and Objectives • Municipal and Business Water Surveys January 9, 1990 Northampton • Status of PVPC Data Collection/ Survey Results • MWRA Presentation: Chicopee Valley Aqueduct Study • State Plumbing Code Changes • New Chapter 361 Legislation PIONEER VALLEY WATER ACTION PLAN 2 Patg Meeting Locarion Maior Agenda Items February 20, 1990 Westfield Legislation Prohibiting Declining Block Rates State Plumbing Code Changes Formation of Subcommittees on Protection, Conservation, Intermunicipal Connections March 6, 1990 Amherst Presentation on MWRA Water Conservation Program Working Sessions: Policy Subcommittees April 10, 1990 West Springfield Presentation on Barnes Regional Aquifer Protection Working Sessions: Policy Subcommittees May 8, 1990 Quabbin Reservoir Working Sessions: Policy Subcommittees Full Task Force Adoption of Subcommittee Recommendations June 11, 1990 Chicopee Release of Draft Water Action Plan MWRA Report on Chicopee Valley Aqueduct Study b. Data Collection and Analvsis Pioneer Valley Planning Commission provided staff support to the Task Force in completing data collection and analysis tasks. PVPC developed a survey instrument designed to assess current municipal priorities for water supply management and demand reduction, to collect up-to-date information on water pricing policies, and water conservation regulations, as well as to determine level of support for various demand reduction strategies. The survey was administered by mail to each of the region's 43 municipalities, with follow-up phone calls to verify information. The resulting data was used to develop the community-specific water supply assessments in this report. A second survey was developed and mailed to the region's 97 major employers (businesses over 250 employees). This survey assessed existing water conservation measures used in businesses, and willingness of businesses to retrofit conservation devices and measures. The resulting data is summarized later in this report. The Water 2000 report (PVPC, 1987) provides a complete assessment of water supply availability and needs for the region. However, since Water 2000 data was collected in 1983, events have changed the region's water outlook. Concerns, such as the recent pollution of wells in Westfield, Southwick, Easthampton and Palmer, the uncertainty of continued availability of MWRA water for Wilbraham, Chicopee and South
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