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A pond is marked on a USGS map within the same HUC-14 as a Category One (C1) water. Does the pond have a special water resource protection area?

April 26, 2017C1 category map marked pond Resource special USGS water

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A pond is marked on a USGS map within the same HUC-14 as a Category One (C1) water. Does the pond have a special water resource protection area?

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Yes, but only if the pond is connected to the C1 water by a pipe or via a stream that is shown on a USGS map or Soil Survey. The Department will not apply the SWRPA along ponds that are completely isolated from C1 waters, or which are connected to C1 waters via an unmapped stream.