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Draft North & East Metro Groundwater Management Area Plan 2-22 Jurisdictions, governance and planning Cities and counties play a critical role in planning and managing for long term water supply and water sustainability.The DNR determined that the GWMA boundary should not 'cut' or'bisect'those important governance boundaries, to the degree possible and in the context of the natural hydrogeologic boundaries.The legislature has also designated a specific water-supply planning role for the Metropolitan Council within the Seven County Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Jurisdictional, governance, and planning frameworks informed the boundary recommendation in the following ways: The boundary conforms to city and county boundaries where possible to connect directly with municipal water supplies and land-use planning jurisdictions(Figure 2-1). • The exceptions: a. Anoka County—selected hydrogeological boundaries cross Anoka County, but current and/or projected increases in water use are relatively low in areas of the county not included in the GWMA. b. Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis—only the portions of the city& county east of the Mississippi River are within the major hydrogeological boundaries of the GWMA. The boundary is within the Metropolitan Council jurisdiction, connecting the GWMA with the water supply planning functions of the Metropolitan Council. Watershed Districts and Watershed Management Organizations play an important role in both surface and groundwater management in the GWMA. However,the watershed boundaries do not directly conform to the groundwater system boundaris.The DNR recognizes the important role surface water management will have in developing long term sustainable use of groundwater, but the GWMA boundaries do not conform to watershed management district or organization boundaries where those boundaries cross the Mississippi River or city or county boundaries. P49