It is declared to be the public policy of this state to provide funds for the preparation and implementation of groundwater watershed protection plans in order to maintain existing water quality in special groundwater protection areas within federally designated sole source aquifer areas contained within counties having a population of one million or more and to further the implementation of nonpoint source controls for the protection of the potable supply underlying the entire recharge area.
N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § 55-0101