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10. <br />11. <br />Rural wetlands and marshland will be maintained and protected for <br />surface water retention and filtration. As total population in the watershed <br />increases, the total requirement for storm water filtration will increase. <br />Orono's rural land use plans will protect all of our rural wetlands and <br />marshland for future use as retention ponds and nutrient filters including the <br />capability of accepting recycled urban storm water for increased nutrient <br />filtration. <br />Rural lakeshore areas will have dual environmental protection. The <br />low-density residential land uses will automatically reduce environmental <br />pressures on the shoreline. In addition, the rural areas will be subject to the <br />same shoreline protection performance standards as the urban areas, including <br />minimum setbacks, green belts, clear-cutting prohibitions and lake use <br />regulations. Taken together, these factors should preserve to a large extent the <br />original appearance of Orono's rural shoreline as seen from the lake. <br />CMP 3B - 22