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<br /> <br />administering a biosolids program that has <br />issued more than 1,276 notices qf authoriza- <br />tion for environmentaliy sound land applica- <br />tion of municipal sewage sludge or biosolids <br /> <br />Nonpoint Source Management <br />NOl1poim source pollution is controlled through proj- <br />ects employing management practices aimed at attain- <br />ing water-quality standards in accordance with total <br />maximulll daily load'i where they have been devel- <br />oped. Colorado is heavily impacted by non point <br />source pollution. especially from agriculture, urban <br />development and past mining activities.More than 156 <br />restoration and environmental-education project<;-at J <br />cost of abom S 12 million-have been conducted <br />through the Division's nonpoim source program and <br />have resulted in actual water quality improvements. <br /> <br />Management of Drinking Water <br />Quality <br /> <br />A 11l1mber of these sallle integrated program ele- <br />ments are involved in assuring that public systems <br />provide safe drinking water. The National Primary <br />Drinking Water Standards established the goal frame- <br />work for states in their drinking water programs. A <br />strong compliance assurance program consists of self- <br />moniwring reports by drinking water purveyors and <br />independent compliance sampling and sanitary sur- <br />vey inspections by the Division. Of Colorado's <br />drinking water systems that serve the public, 99 per- <br />ce~1t comply with all drinking water standards. <br /> <br />Drinking water program elements based on the <br />I Y96 amendments to the federal Safe Drinking <br />Water Act include new drinking water protection <br />programs and quality standards. <br /> <br />The Consumer Confidence Reporting Program <br />requires full disclosure to conSllmers about contami- <br />nants in raw water supplies, treated water and any <br />compliance problems at their public water system. <br /> <br />Water Quality Management <br /> <br /> <br />ing water supplies and thereby minimizing the costs for <br />required treatment and compliance monitoring. <br /> <br />The Capacity Development Program is directed at <br />assuring that cOlllmunity water systems and nOI1- <br />transient/non-community drinking water systt:I11S, <br />stich as those supplying hospitals and schools. have <br />the technical. managerial and financial capability to <br />meet applicable standards and program requirements. <br /> <br />New and upcoming standards will likely address <br />arsenic; sulfate; radionuclides including uranium and <br />radon; disinfection and disinfection byproducts in <br />surface water; bacteriological monitoring and disin- <br />fection of ground water; revisions to the surface <br />water treatment rule and the lead and copper rule; <br />and moniwring of unregulated cOlltaminants. <br />Colorado is likely to be particularly hard hit by <lny <br />new arsenic, sulfate and radoll requirements, given <br />the widespread, naturally elevated background con- <br />centrations of these constituents ill the state's waters. <br /> <br />Funding for Water-Quality Management <br />Colorado's quality-management progralll is funded with <br /> <br />The Source Water Protection Program is aimed at pre- <br />venting pollution and ensuring the safety of raw drink- <br />l;"e?reSent . . <br />>~(os w'te t' benefICial u . 0 \t by th <br />\.~r:'> r 90. fO'te ses.. . ~i\~t> <br />c.; iJ/ity \OS 'to 'Y (0'15 sectional .J.~\<:( <br />goa e c.. area Of 6 {(\ <br />.0' a Str \ ~~ <br />Flow is measured 6 d . \~'b earn channe <br />Y eterrn\{\ <br /> <br />€I v€'/, <br />OCIi). Or <br />Of the st <br />