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<br />lG09 <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />3. Settlements should result in the least possible <br />disruption of existing water uses and the <br />economics based on those uses, while at the same <br />time providing the affected tribes with the flnn <br />w.ter supplies required to meet the long-Ienn <br />needs of the reservation inhabitants and to <br />establish lasting tribal economie.~; <br /> <br />4. The achievement of these objectives requires <br />federally funded water projects designed to <br />ensure lhat all of the tribal water needs in the <br />subject basin or watershed are met; <br /> <br />5. The participation of lhe State, local governmental <br />entities and non-lndian water users in the <br />settlement process is required for the success of <br />any Ilellotiated settlement. <br /> <br />Resolution No, 97-7 <br /> <br />SAFE DRINKING WATER SUPPliES <br /> <br />To urge the Environmental Protection Agency to actively <br />pursue: <br /> <br />1. Protection against lead contamination: Assistance to <br />state and local agencies in reducing lead <br />contamination of public water supplies by: <br /> <br />a. Providing effective technical and financial <br />assistance for implementing the congressional <br />ban on use of lead-bearing solder, pipes or <br />fittings in drinking water plumbing systems; <br /> <br />b. Recognizing that final responsibility for lead <br />contamination of drinking water caused by <br />plumbing system in buildings and other <br />sU1Jctures is that of the owners of lhose systems; <br /> <br />c, Providing regulations for lead content in <br />drinking water that allow public water supplies <br />adequate flexibility to achieve the optimum level <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />of health protection that they can reasonably <br />provide; <br /> <br />d. Focusing corrosivity control requirements on <br />areas with a high potential for lead <br />contamination in drinking water: and <br /> <br />e. Supporting a rational state and loc.a1 public <br />education program to broaden consumer <br />awareness of lead contamination in the lotal <br />environment. <br /> <br />2. Protection against radon in drinking water: <br />Assistance to state and local agencies in controlling <br />radon levels in drinking water by: <br /> <br />a. Providing regulations for radon in drinking water <br />that allow public water suppliers adequate <br />flexibility to achieve the optimum level of health <br />protection at a reasonable C()st~ and <br /> <br />b. Supporting federal, state and local public <br />education programs on lhe detection and control <br />of radon in residential homes and buildings. <br /> <br />2. Protection against solid waste disposal: Continue to <br />enforce limitations on siting or extensions of solid <br />waste disposal sites in areas where leachate from the <br />disposal sites may threaten community groundwater <br />supplies used as a source for public drinking water, <br />in cooperation with stale and loc.al agencies. <br /> <br />3. Encourage efforts by states to provide efICctive <br />source water quality protection plans for both <br />ground water and surface water. Colorado Water <br />Users Association supports the effective <br />implementation of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water <br />Act amendmenls including provisions to improve <br />source water protection. to provide funding for <br />improvements through state Revolving funds and to <br />keep Ihe public infonned on the quality of ils <br />drinking water. <br />