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4.8 Hydrology and Water Quality .— <br /> 3. Eliminate reliance on dry wells as a means of street drainage in urban areas. Dry <br /> wells collect and discharge toxic, hazardous and designated contaminants into <br /> aquifers having beneficial uses. New projects shall have storm water disposal <br /> systems(1)that are designed not to pollute receiving surface or groundwaters,and <br /> (2) that could be integrated into an areawide groundwater recharge program <br /> whenever feasible.Responsible Departments: Environmental Resources, Public <br /> Works,Planning Commission, Board of Supervisors <br /> 4. During project and environmental review process,encourage new development to <br /> incorporate water conservation measures to minimize adverse impacts on water — <br /> supplies.Responsible Departments: Environmental Resources, Building <br /> Inspections <br /> 5. Continue to implement landscape provisions of Zoning Ordinance, which encourage <br /> drought-tolerant landscaping and water-conserving irrigation methods.Responsible <br /> Departments: Planning Department, Planning Commission, Board of Supervisors <br /> 6. During the project and environmental review process,encourage new urban <br /> development to be served by community wastewater treatment facilities and water <br /> systems rather than by package treatment plants or private septic tanks and wells. <br /> Responsible Departments: Planning Department, Environmental Resources, — <br /> Planning Commission, Board of Supervisors <br /> Policy Six Preserve vegetation to protect waterways from bank erosion and siltation. — <br /> Implementation Measures <br /> 1. Development proposals includinglin vicinity of waterways and/or wetlands shall be <br /> closely reviewed to ensure that destruction of riparian habitat and vegetation is <br /> minimized. This includes referral to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish <br /> and Wildlife Service, and the California Department of Fish and Game.Responsible <br /> Departments: Planning Department, Public Works, Planning Commission, Board <br /> of Supervisors — <br /> 2. Continue to encourage best management practices for agriculture and coordinate with <br /> soil and water conservation efforts of the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau, resource <br /> conservation districts,the U.S. Soil Conservation Services, and local irrigation <br /> districts.Responsible Departments: Agricultural Commissioner, U.C. Cooperative <br /> Extension <br /> Policy Seven New development that does not derive domestic water from pre-existing <br /> domestic and public water supply systems is required to have a — <br /> documented water supply that does not adversely impact Stanislaus <br /> County water resources. <br /> RMC Pacific Vernalis Quarry Mining and Reciamati0n Project 4.8-19 ESA/203015 <br /> Draft Environmental Impact Report May 2006 <br />