WSP06216

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 5/1/1980
• Author: MRBC
• Title: Missouri River Basin Water Resources Management Plan - Part I - Chapters I-VI
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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The Missouri River Basin Comprehensive Framework
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suggested in the basinwide conclusions and additional recommendations that the

Heritage, Conservation and Recreation Service initiate an effort to restructure

the information bases of the individual States in order to construct a uniform

recreation data base for the entire basin.

Concerns for water quality in the Missouri Basin have grown during the

last few years. The need for careful water quality planning and implementation

of water quality plans is now clearly recognized. Several Environmental

Protection Agency and numerous State programs are designed to evaluate the

extent of water quality problems in the Missouri River Basin and to explore

ways for improving water quality. Many of the water quality problems in the

Missouri Basin stem from nonpoint sources, mainly runoff from farm and range

lands. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Clean Water Program, is a

recommended basinwide program of considerable promise for addressing these

pollution sources. This program should help to link efforts toward both land

conservation and water quality enhancement. While the relationship between

land conservation and water quality is reasonably well established, there are

many other water resources functions which relate closely to water quality and

water quality programs. These links suggest the need for better integrating

water quality planning into the comprehensive planning process.

2/ Ibid, p. 63.

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