A Report of Water Pollution in the South Platte River Basin February 1953

• Description: Report on the water quality study that resulted from the 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide data in preparation for the adoption of comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing pollution.
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• State: MO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 2/1/1953
• Author: CDPHE, Nebraska Department of Health, Wymoing Deparment of Public Health, Public Health Service ‎(Missouri Drainage Basin Office)‎
• Title: A Report of Water Pollution in the South Platte River Basin February 1953
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Table loo South Platte River Basin - Progress in pollution abatement
State legislation authorizing financing of municipal sewage works appears
to be adequate in Nebraska and permits the cities to issue mortgage bonds
which are not a general obligation of the municipality but are secured by
the property served by the sewer system. General obligation bonds are
also authorized up to 10 percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable
property within the sewered area. No limit is placed upon mortgage bonds.
An amendment enacted in February 1951 gives the State of Wyoming
the most comprehensive water pollution control legislation of the States
comprising the South Platte Basin, It provides a Council, composed of
industrial and municipal representatives, as well as representatives of
the various interested State agencies, to deal with problems of pollution.
It provides that any pollution which adversely affects livestock, agri-
cultural crops, wildlife, fish or aquatic life is considered to affect
public health. Review of plans and specifications for sewerage systems
and treatment plants is required by Wyoming statutes. The Department of
Public Health may issue orders prohibiting the continuance of pollution.
Since 1951, adequate authority to finance municipal sewerage systems by
either revenue or general obligation bonds is possible in Wyoming.
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Municipa,ll
Industria12
Plants
Population
Plants
Year
State
completed
served
completed
1946
Colorado
0
-
0
Nebraska
0
-
0
Wyoiliin',
0
-
0
1947
Colorado
0
-
0
Nebraska
1
4,900
0
Wyoming
0
-
0
1948
Colorado
0
-
0
Nebraska
0
-
0
Wyoming
0
-
0
_
1949
Colorado
2
25,000
0
Nebraska
1
500
0
Wyoming
0
-
0
1950
Colorado
2
2,600
0
Nebraska
1
530
0
Wyoming
0
-
0
_
1951
Colorado
0
-
0
Nebraska
0
-
0
Wyoming
1
200
0
1952
Colorado
0
-
0
Nebraska
0
-
0
Wyoming
1
45,000
0
llncludes
incorporated or
unincorporated
municipalities,
other legal
bodies as sanitary districts,
counties,
towns, significant
institutions,
resorts, recreational centers
or other
population centers.
2Industr:ies having separate
outlets
discharging wastes directly to
watercourse.
State legislation authorizing financing of municipal sewage works appears
to be adequate in Nebraska and permits the cities to issue mortgage bonds
which are not a general obligation of the municipality but are secured by
the property served by the sewer system. General obligation bonds are
also authorized up to 10 percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable
property within the sewered area. No limit is placed upon mortgage bonds.
An amendment enacted in February 1951 gives the State of Wyoming
the most comprehensive water pollution control legislation of the States
comprising the South Platte Basin, It provides a Council, composed of
industrial and municipal representatives, as well as representatives of
the various interested State agencies, to deal with problems of pollution.
It provides that any pollution which adversely affects livestock, agri-
cultural crops, wildlife, fish or aquatic life is considered to affect
public health. Review of plans and specifications for sewerage systems
and treatment plants is required by Wyoming statutes. The Department of
Public Health may issue orders prohibiting the continuance of pollution.
Since 1951, adequate authority to finance municipal sewerage systems by
either revenue or general obligation bonds is possible in Wyoming.
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