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Test bedrock before installing any improvements, including retention basins.
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Maintain vegetated buffers between property improvements and the floodplain.
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Limit groundwater use to minimum required for operations, avoid landscaping that will require irrigation systems.
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Regularly check underground storage tanks for unexplained volume loss.
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Avoid storage of vehicles in the 100-year floodplain.
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Install new storage tanks above ground.
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Strictly follow manufacturer instructions for use of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers.
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Move livestock away from springs, sinkholes, streams and fence waterways.
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Identify sinkholes on your property and avoid directing water to them.
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Check septic system function regularly, and maintain the system as required by state and local regulations.
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Limit impervious surfaces.
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Install riparian forest buffers and grassed swales and spreader bars.
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Avoid dry wells and retention basins.
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Place a conservation easement on your land, especially the floodplain and wetlands.
