To ensure that any Future activity that reduces the recharge of an aquifer within the WHPA-Q never becomes a significant drinking water threat, the relevant Planning Approval Authority shall:
a. Require new development for lands zoned Low Density Residential or zoned Agricultural to implement best management practices such as Low Impact Development (LID) with the goal to maintain pre-development recharge.
b. Require that all site plan (excluding an application for one single family dwelling) and subdivision applications for new residential, commercial, industrial and institutional uses provide a water balance assessment for the proposed development to the satisfaction of the Planning Approval Authority which addresses each of the following requirements:
i. Maintain pre-development recharge to the greatest extent feasible through best management practices such as LID, minimizing impervious surfaces, and lot level infiltration;
ii. Where pre-development recharge cannot be maintained on site, implement and maximize off-site recharge enhancement (within the same WHPA-Q) to compensate for any predicted loss of recharge from the development; and
iii. For new development (excluding a minor variance) within the WHPA-Q and within an Issue Contributing Area (WHPA-ICA) for sodium, chloride or nitrates, the water balance assessment must consider water quality when recommending best management practices and address how recharge will be maintained and water quality will be protected.
c. Only approve settlement area expansions as part of a municipal comprehensive review where it has been demonstrated that recharge functions will be maintained on lands designated Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas within WHPA-Q.
d. Amend municipal planning documents to reference most current Assessment Reports in regards to the Significant Groundwater Recharge Areas within WHPA-Q.