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<br />\ <br />! <br /> <br />002213 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />DIGEST OF COLORADO WATER POLLl1:rION CONTROL LEGISLATION <br /> <br />I. GENERAL S'l:A1'EMENT <br /> <br />'nlere is no cClJllllI'ehensive State water pollution cvntroJ. J.aw in <br /> <br />CoJ.oredo. !:!he State agency which has mos'~ functions pertaining to water <br />pollution controJ. is the State Department of Health. <br />The State Board of Health determines the general pollcies to be <br />followed in administering e.Il!l enforciDg the p~bllc health laws of the State. <br /> <br />It issues orders, and adopts such ruJ.es, regu1atio;).s, and standards as are <br /> <br />deemed necessary to administer and enforce tr..e pubJ.1~ hew';.h J.a.ws of the <br />State (Ch. 66-J.-8)Y.' <br /> <br />The State Department of Health invest.igo.tes <:,'ld controJ.s the cauoee <br /> <br />of epidemic and commun1cabJ.p. diseases a:t'fecting the :public health; abate~ <br /> <br />nuisances when necessary for the protection of the public heal".h; establishes <br /> <br />and enforces min1m\Bll general sanitary s1;An"A1"ds as to the quality of water <br /> <br />supplied to the pubJ.1c and as to the quality of the e:f'1'J.;':.'nt of sewerage <br /> <br />systems and 1:ira.de waates discharged upon the J.and or into the surface or <br /> <br />groUDd waters, end as to the quality of 1'ertD.:lzer derived l'rom excreta of <br /> <br />hUlll8Jl beings or from the sJ.udge of sewage disposal plants, and advises with <br /> <br />municipalities, utilities, organizations and individuals concerning the methods <br /> <br />or processes believed best suited to provide the protection or purification <br /> <br />of water and the treatment of sewage and t!'ade wastes to meet such m:lnim11111 <br /> <br />general sanitary standards; establishes sanitary stAnll""ds, a.nd makes sani- <br /> <br />tary, sewerage and health inspections and exam1DB.tions for charitabJ.e, penaJ., <br /> <br />Y Citations in this digest refer to the CoJ.orado Revised Statutes ADnotated, <br />J.953, and the J.955 Cumulative SuppJ.ement thereto, unhss otherwise noted. <br />