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The following secondary Wellfield Protection Zoning Districts for Marion County, Indiana, are hereby established, and land within said County is hereby classified, divided and zoned into said districts as designated on the Wellfield Protection Zoning Districts Maps which maps are attached hereto, incorporated herein by reference and made part of this ordinance.

• Studies and evaluations of the W-1 and W-5 districts. (Amended by 98-AO-3; G.O. 54, 1998)

The W-1 and W-5 districts shall be reevaluated by the Department of Public Works, Environmental Resources Management Division ("ERMD"), with input from a committee including representatives from ERMD, the Department of Metropolitan Development ("DMD"), Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana, and applicable water utilities, no less frequently than every five years to determine scientific reasonableness of the districts' maps. The first of these reevaluations shall be completed by ERMD on or before December 31, 1998.

• Reports.

The ERMD shall provide progress reports on the studies and evaluations as required in Section 1.00 A to the Chairman of the Metropolitan Development Committee of the City-County Council and to the Commission, the first of which reports shall be within thirty (30) days of the initiation of the study provided for in Section 1.00 A 2, and thereafter such reports shall be provided on a quarterly basis.
 
Every water utility having a wellfield within a W-1 or W-5 District shall on or before January 15, 1998, prepare and file with the Chairman of the Metropolitan Development Committee of the City-County Council, the Commission and the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County the water utility's water quality monitoring plan for that year, including therein a description of the program designed to alert the water utility of any potential contamination of the groundwater underlying each of the water utility's wellfields. Any amendment to such plan by a water utility shall be filed within thirty (30) days of that amendment with the Chairman of the Metropolitan Development Committee of the City-County Council, the Commission, and the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County.