WSP12263

• File Number: 8272.500
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Colo Dept of Public Health - WQCC and WQCD
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 10/1/1990
• Author: WQCD
• Title: Colorado Nonpoint Source Management Program - Prepared to Fulfill the Requirements of Section 319 of the Clean Water Act
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Introduction to Nonooint Manaaement Proarams

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The Federal Clean Water Act of 1987 established a new direction for the water
quality efforts of the nation. Nonpoint source water pollution, which is
pollution which is not regulated as point sources and caused by diffuse
sources, is recognized as a serious impediment to meeting the goals of the
Clean Water Act. The Act states specifically:

"... it is the national policy that programs for the control of
nonpoint sources of pollution be developed and implemented in an
expeditious manner so as to enable the goals of this Act to be met
through the control of both point and nonpoint SOurces of pollution."

In keeping with this philosophy the Clean Water Act was amended to include
Section 319 Nonooint Source Manaaement Proarams. This new section provides
the legal basis for the implementation of nonpoint souroe programs and
identifies the requirements states must meet to qualify for assistance under
the Act. Section 319 stresses two items which must be oompleted by a state
previous to consideration for grants to ameliorate nonpoint source problems.
These items are:

1) State assessment report

2) State management program

The Assessment report provides an analysis of nonpoint source water quality
problems. The management program provides a direction for correction of these
problems. For the State of Colorado these two items will be produced
separately, but will be combined to provide the basis for nonpoint source
decision making in Colorado. The remainder of this report will be devoted to
the management program.

Re?Uirements of State Nonooint Source Manaaement proaram

seotion 319 (h) describes the contents of the State management program.
Implementation of the management program is intended to control pollution from
nonpoint sources in the four fiscal years following submission of the
program, The contents of the program required under 319 (b) are as follows.

(b) State Management Programs

2. Specific contents ~ each management program proposed for
implementation under this subsection shall include each of the '
following:

(A) best management practices and measureS which will be used
to reduce pollutant loadings resulting from each category,
subcategory, or particular nonpoint source designated in
the State's Assessment Report, taking into account the
impact of the practice on ground-water quality.

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