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<br />I <br />I 0 <br />en <br /> (0 <br />I o. <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />- <br />.:1 <br /> <br />POLICY 1. <br /> <br />WATER QUALITY <br /> <br />Policy Statement <br /> <br />The surface and ground waters of the Region shall be <br />protected to maintain the current uses of those waters. The <br />physical, chemical and biological conditions shall be <br />maintained for the benefit of present and future generations <br />of residents and visitors to e~ Northwestern Colorado. <br />Polluted waters of the Region shall be restored as soon as <br />is financially and technically feasible. <br /> <br />Policy Obiectives <br /> <br />o To assist local governments and federal and state <br />agencies controlling land use activities in the <br />Region in implementing federal and state water <br />quality goals. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />To improve public <br />conditions in the <br />those conditions <br />activities. <br /> <br />water quality <br />extent to which <br />by land use <br /> <br />awareness of <br />Region and the <br />are affected <br /> <br />o To meet,--aE-a--ffi~H~ffiaffi, the adopted water quality <br />standards for the state of Colorado and the <br />applicable federal and state requirements for <br />antidegradation of water quality. <br /> <br />Water Quality Assessment <br /> <br />Most of the streams in Region XII are very high quality and <br />all desired uses are supported. This general assessment is <br />supported by reconnaissance evaluation of Surface Water <br />Quality in Eagle, Grand, Jackson, Pitkin, Routt and Summit <br />Counties, Colorado (Plan Appendix B) prepared in 1979 by <br />USGS for NWCCOG and by the assessment of water quality of <br />each hydrologic basin in Chapter IV of Volume II. The <br />emphasis of water quality planning in our area is largely <br />directed toward preserving this existing high quality. <br />There are some areas, however, where reclamation is needed-- <br />particularly with regard to historic mining areas and acid <br />mine drainage. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />\ d:-.: --.,. <br /> <br />".' ~."---,, --.' '.." <br />._-0-.--'-."."....,,"..' -;" <br />',~.~""'"..,,""~<~;f.''"',".i <br /> <br />..:~'~~"CF,~O~":~::~~::I <br /> <br />-"';"',', <br /> <br />..,1___ ," <br />