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<br />. ..- ,....----..... ....---- .......... ...._.- ~- <-- <br /> <br />U'~;;.; Arif~~;;2nR~;;. <br /> <br />quality plan under way <br /> <br />The Upper Arkansas Itiver <br />basin water quality plan has <br />been under way for almost <br />three years. <br />Overall, the Water Quality <br />Plan Will. provide assistance to <br />community le<ld~rs and citi- <br />zens in developing strategies <br />to reduce sources of contami- <br />nation at individual sites, <br />along specific w.a tercourses <br />and throughout the watershed <br />as a whole. <br />The current phase of the <br />plan includes an mventory and <br />assessment of "point" and <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />"non-point" sources of pollu- <br />tion from past and current <br />land use activities. Point <br />sources are usually'character- <br />ized by "pipe" discharges. <br />Non-point contamination <br />sources are from "areas" that <br />may include urban, agricul- <br />tural and mining land uses;" .' <br />The planning process will <br />update the. 1988 Upper <br />Arkansas Valley Water Quality <br />Management ..Plan, including <br />. Lake, Chaffee, Custer and Fre- <br />montcounties. . <br />The first draft of the Fre- <br />mont' county cfiapter of the <br />plan is in. a review and com- <br />men.t pe. .riod...... thr. o.Ugh Nov. 15t <br />2003. Interested persons ann <br />agencies may.view the docu- <br />ment at the Canon City and <br />Florence Public Libraries and <br />the UAACOG, office at 330 <br />Royal Gorge Blvd. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Co..Y\on C .\{~ Do.'" ~ ~ e.coa-d <br />10-;)...4 -;t 003 <br /> <br />