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<br /> <br />.., <br />"' '. ... <br /> <br />The decision on how to meet future water needs wI II be made pre- <br /> <br /> <br />dominantly at the locel and State levels. The basic questIon Is whether <br /> <br /> <br />the system Is going to guIde the chzlnges or simply react to ch~nges. <br /> <br /> <br />The existing water rights system can accommodate the changes, but <br /> <br />perhaps not In the most e11 Iclent manner. <br /> <br />t f conservat Ion 15 to be <br /> <br />Imp I emented, new Stllte progrolllms or I aws TO encour age conser vat Ion w I I I <br /> <br />be required. <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br /> <br />Initially, <br /> <br />th Is study 055' sted <br /> <br />In development of a basin 303(e) <br /> <br />""'.': <br /> <br />plan which ldentffled Impacts of point sources of pollution on streams <br /> <br /> <br />and presented alternative plans to meet effluent lImitations for the <br /> <br />Colorado ~rtlon of the basin, excluding the five-county Denver region. <br /> <br />Next, the Mountain and Eastern PlaJns Study was developed for the rural <br /> <br />portions of the five-county Den,ver r~glon whIch, In combination with the <br /> <br /> <br />Denver Regional Council of Governments' Den~er 3(c) Plan for the densely <br /> <br />urbanIzed portIon, canpleted coverage of wesTs.water I'Mnagerrent planning <br /> <br />for the entire Colorado portion of the basJn. The Mountain and Eastern <br /> <br /> <br />Plains Study presented plans for upgrading lagoons, Including land <br /> <br />application of effluent, In the pla.lns portion of the five-county area; <br /> <br /> <br />for Jmprovlng treatment levels for some mountaIn municipalIties; and for <br /> <br />Improving operatfon and metntenance at 01 I treatment plants. <br /> <br />'.'~ ,'" <br /> <br />.;' ). : <br /> <br />In 1975, 0 U.S. District Court ruled That Section 208 of the Feder- <br /> <br /> <br />al Woter PollutIon Control Act Amendments of 1972 (now the Clelln Water <br /> <br />Act of 1977> required comprehens Ive areawide water quality plannl ng for <br /> <br /> <br />al I point and nonpolnt wastewater prOblems of the basrn. As a result of <br /> <br /> <br />this decfslon, four 208 plans were undertaken for the study area. These <br /> <br /> <br />Include: (I) the designated Denver five-county areaj (2) the desJgnoted <br /> <br />Lor'mer and Wel d Count I es llrea; (3) "the Co I orado nondes I gnated area, <br /> <br />3 <br />