Section 55-0105. Purpose

It is the purpose of this article to:
    1.  Establish  procedures  for  the designation of special groundwater
  protection areas within designated sole source aquifer  areas  contained
  within counties having a population of one million or more;
    2. Acknowledge the variations in hydrogeology, water quality, and land
  uses  within  designated areas, and the existence of certain areas which
  are of vital importance in maintaining water quality in  the  designated
  sole source aquifer area;
    3.  Assure that such vital areas within designated sole source aquifer
  areas are protected and managed in such a way as to maintain or  improve
  existing water quality;
    4.  Establish  procedures  for the development and implementation of a
  site-specific comprehensive management plan for each designated  special
  groundwater protection area;
    5.  Initiate  the implementation of a portion of the state groundwater
  management program using the Long Island sole source aquifer region as a
  model for future state-wide application; and
    6. Establish guidelines for federal-state cooperation in the planning,
  funding and implementation of special groundwater protection area plans.