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<br />000594 <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY <br /> <br />COLORADO <br />The Colorado Water Quality Control Act declares that it shall be the <br />public policy for the State of Colorado, "to conserve State waters and to <br /> <br />protect, maintain, and improve the quality thereof for public water supplies, <br /> <br />for protection and propagation of wildlife and aquatic life, and for domestic, <br />agricultural, industrial, recreational, and other beneficial uses; to provide <br />that no pollutant be released into any State waters without first receiving the <br /> <br />treatment or other corrective action necessary to protect the legitimate and <br /> <br />beneficial uses of such waters; to provide for the prevention, abatement, and <br /> <br />control of ~ew or existing water pollution; and to cooperate with other States <br /> <br />and the Federal Government in carrying out these objectives." <br /> <br />The primary objective of the Colorado Water Quality Control Division, <br />Department of Health, is to implement water quality management plans for all <br />waters in the State. Under section 303(e) of P.L. 92-500, the State has <br />recommended feasibility studies for regionalizing waste treatment. state <br /> <br />planning under section 208, addressing the effects of all pollution sources, is <br /> <br />scheduled for completion in 1979. <br /> <br />IOWA <br />The state should implement nonpoint source control programs directed <br /> <br />toward solving rural and urban nonpoint source pollution. <br /> <br />The Iowa Department of Environmental Quality's livestock waste control <br /> <br />program should be supported at a level adequate to carry out a comprehensive <br /> <br />program for controlling water pollution from both existing and new livestock <br /> <br />and poultry operations. <br /> <br />Agricultural chemicals must be applied at rates and at times that minimize <br /> <br />associated nonpoint pollution. <br /> <br />G-47 <br />