Source Water Protection Challenges and Co-benefits
2021-11
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Source Water Protection Challenges and Co-benefits
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2021-11
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In this report, we focus on the 1.23 million acres designated by the Minnesota Department of Health as the groundwater catchments for Public Water Supplies (PWSs). This land is divided among 821 Drinking Water Supply Management Areas (DWSMAs). Water from one or more DWSMAs is aggregated at a PWS before distribution to consumers. We summarize data on the costs and benefits of source water protection at the PWS, DWSMA, and parcel level (Appendices A, B, and C) as appropriate. Our final report addresses three aspects of source water projection planning: 1) mapping land use change and land protection costs, 2) valuation of the multiple public benefits of land protection for clean water, and 3) enabling assessment of equity in source water protection. Our work highlights potential risks and opportunities to protect water quality and provide multiple public benefits, helps to identify programs that protect the value of clean water, and builds capacity among citizens and decision-makers to take action in source water protection areas to improve water quality and realize additional public benefits from land protection.
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Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).
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Noe, Ryan; Keeler, Bonnie; Mayer, Terin. (2021). Source Water Protection Challenges and Co-benefits. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/227195.
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