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<br />j <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />. <br />f <br />. <br />t <br />i <br /> <br />. <br />[ <br />I <br />The quality of surface water and groundwat r is critical to the <br />economic and environmental health of the . ation and must be <br />protected from contamination. <br /> <br />16 Protecting the Environment <br /> <br />w <br />..", <br />,.... <br />~ <br /> <br />Water Quality <br /> <br />Guiding <br />Principle <br /> <br />Goal <br /> <br />Strategie~ <br /> <br />. . . <br /> <br /> <br />To manage resources to protect and provide <br />water supplies of suitable quality for agric <br />municipal, industrial, fish and wildlife, and. <br /> <br />or safe and reliable <br />al, domestic, <br />. creational purposes. <br /> <br />. Develop and implement policies and pr <br />integrate surface water and groundwater <br />standards into Reclamation resource pI <br />and project operations. <br /> <br />ures to better <br />ualityobjectives and <br />. ng and management, <br /> <br />. Coordinate the operations of Reclamatio. . projects with <br />operations of non-Reclamation projects . a basinwide, <br />interbasin, interproject,and interagency asis to help achieve <br />water quality management objectives an standards. <br /> <br />. Develop and implement water quality co 0'01 strategies and <br />"Best Management Practices" to approp ately control sources <br />of pollution associated with or affecting oject facilities and <br />water supplies. . <br />[ <br />r <br />. Identify, in cooperation with others, surf~e water and <br />groUndwater quality problems associate .th nonpoint source <br />return flow and runoff, and implement c ctive measures. <br />. <br /> <br />. Improve water quality modeling and fo <br /> <br /> <br />. Achieve the objectives of the Colorado <br />Program through a Federal/State cooper <br />partnership. <br /> <br />ver Salinity Control <br />'ve and cost-shared <br /> <br />asting capabilities. <br />I <br />I <br />~ <br />I <br />i <br />t <br />! <br />r <br />I <br />r <br />. <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />! <br />l <br /> <br />DRAFI' <br />