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Other Water Resources Indicators <br />> Public Safe Yields > Impaired Streams <br />> Household Sources <br />> Type/size of service <br />providers <br />> Wastewater permit <br />violations <br />> % streams with 50 -ft <br />undisturbed buffer <br />> Stream Protection <br />Programs <br />> Wetland Destruction <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />AIR RESOURCES (continued) <br />✓ Develop in -house air emissions inventory <br />capabilities (area and mobile sources) <br />✓ Hire a full -time staff person to support <br />strategy development, coordinate <br />inventories and evaluate trends <br />Critical Issues — SOE Report 2002 <br />> Developed land per person up 31% <br />> Ground -level ozone an increasing problem <br />> Wildlife habitats destroyed/degraded by land <br />conversion <br />> Per capita water use up 15% <br />> Groundwater — out of sight, out of mind? <br />AIR RESOURCES <br />✓ Form an Air Quality Team to develop <br />strategies to improve ambient air quality <br />and reduce regional/local ozone <br />✓ Team should coordinate regionally with <br />other efforts/counties on strategies <br />BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES <br />✓ Ensure 10% of County land area (25,600 <br />acres) permanently protected by 2010 <br />(10 By '10) <br />✓ Intensify efforts to protect identified <br />natural areas and prime forests — using a <br />variety of methods <br />4 <br />