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CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE GROUND-WATER RESOURCE <br /> • GROUND-WATER IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE A RELIABLE SOURCE OF <br /> POTABLE WATER <br /> • WHILE ISOLATED INCIDENTS OF GROUND-WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY PROBLEMS HAVE <br /> BEEN RECORDED, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF PERVASIVE GROUND-WATER PROBLEMS <br /> • MANY COMMONPLACE HUMAN ACTIVITIES RENDER THE RESOURCE VULNERABLE <br /> TO OVERUSE, CONTAMINATION AND REDUCTIO l OF RECHARGE TO THE ACQUIFER <br /> • IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE COUNTY'S DEMOGRAPHICS, LAND USE, <br /> UTILITY SERVICE AND OTHER DATA RELEVANT TO THE GROUND-WATER RESOURCE <br /> EXIST IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS <br /> • NO COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE OF GROUND-WATER INFORMATION CURRENTLY EXISTS <br /> • VERY LITTLE DOCUMENTATION ADDRESSING THE VULNERABILITY OR SENSITIVITY <br /> OF THE GROUND-WATER RESOURCE TO ANY PARTICULAR THREAT CURRENTLY EXISTS <br /> • ACTMTIES WITH KNOWN POTENTIAL TO ADVERSELY AFFECT GROUND-WATER QUALITY <br /> AND QUANTITY CONTINUE UNABATED AND WITH UNKOWN EFFECT <br /> • ACQUISITION OF DATA RELATED TO GROUND-WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY CONTINUES <br /> WITH NO ORGANISED EFFORT TO INSURE THAT THE DATA ARE FORMATTED PROPERLY <br /> FOR EASE OF INTEGRATION INTO A COMPREHENSIVE GROUND-WATER DATABASE <br /> • FRAGMENTARY COMPREHENSION OF THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE COUNTY'S GROUND- <br /> WATER RESOURCE IMPEDES DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC POLICY <br /> NECESSARY TO ASSURE ITS ADEQUATE DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND PPROTECTION <br /> • LIKEWISE, INADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESOURCE FORESTALLS EVALUATION <br /> OF THE LONG-TERM UTILITY SERVICE IMPLICATIONS OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED <br /> DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS <br />