Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council
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Counties served: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.
50 W. Main St.
Rochester, NY 14614
Water resource program activities
Flood and Hazard Mitigation Planning
G/FLRPC helps municipalities with risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and stakeholder and public outreach. G/FLRPC can develop flood & hazard mitigation plans and evaluate appropriate mitigation activities to reduce or eliminate the long-term risks posed by these hazards. Additional information: Flood and Hazard Mitigation Planning.
Water Resource Planning
G/FLRPC provides services to protect and improve water quality and quantity and is able to examine and coordinate water resource issues at a watershed wide level. Services include watershed management planning, wellhead protection and implementation of state and federal regulations. Assistance is provided to member municipalities with land use regulation and their relationship to water quality, proposal and grant development, and outreach and education. Additional information: Water Resources Planning.
Stormwater
G/FLRPC helps municipalities that are working to minimize stormwater runoff. Additional information: Phase II Stormwater Regulation.
Watershed Planning and Implementation Projects
G/FLRPC provides assistance to municipalities with lake and watershed management plans and with the review of local laws to protect water quality and quantity. A comprehensive list of projects is found below.
- Intermunicipal Planning for the Black & Oatka Creek Watersheds, the Black and Oatka Creek Watershed Management Plans
- Honeoye Lake Watershed Management Plan
- Canandaigua Lake Watershed Land Use Project
- Controlling Sediment in the Black & Oatka Creek Watersheds
- Local Laws to Protect Finger Lakes Water Quality (Local Laws)
- Genesee River Basin Action Strategy
- Cayuga Lake Watershed Restoration & Protection Plan
- Seneca Lake Watershed Management Plan
- Canandaigua Lake Watershed Management Plan
- Conesus Lake Watershed Management Plan
- Livingston County Planning Department Conesus Lake Watershed Management Plan
- Keuka Lake Watershed Management Plan- Keuka Lake Looking Ahead
- Rochester Embayment Remedial Action Plan - Stage II
