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<br /> <br />11) Denver Regional Council of Government <br /> <br /> <br />10) Northwest Colorado Council of Governments <br /> <br />o. <br /> <br />N <br />W <br />...., <br />N <br /> <br />12) Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control District <br />13) Tri-County Health Department <br />14) Cherry Creek Basin Authority <br />15) Summit Water Quality Committee <br /> <br />16) Environmental Defense Fund <br /> <br />17) Trout Unlimited <br /> <br />18) Colorado Water Congress <br /> <br />19) Colorado Association of Soil Conservation District <br /> <br />20) Colorado Municipal League <br /> <br />f:: <br /> <br />21) Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District <br /> <br />(~ <br />',~~ <br />~t; <br /> <br />Chapter II - Assessment of Nonpoint Sources in Colorado , <br />Water Quality Standards, Criteria, and Beneficial. Uses. <br />The object of this asaessment is to identify water bodies affected by nonpoint <br /> <br />f1 <br />M{ <br />."'>' <br /> <br />source pOllution. The beneficial uses of water in Colorado are protected by <br /> <br />. i~' <br />f;;t~ <br />"v::,f <br /> <br />adopted use classifications and numeric standards which insure the integrity <br /> <br />f.>;: <br />.-l~, <br />.:tt <br />(,:." <br /> <br />of those uses. Although some of the pollutants associated with nonpoint <br /> <br />~~i~ <br />~{~ <br /> <br />sources, such as metals, fecal coliform, bacteria and nitrate-nitrogen, have <br /> <br />numeric standards adopted to protect uses, others such as sediment, total <br /> <br />dissolved solids (TD8) and other nutrients do not. This is due to.the <br /> <br />f.v' <br />;a <br />~ <br />iill <br /> <br />subjective nature of assessing the effects of these pollutants on beneficial <br /> <br />,:lJ;1~ <br />(.>,;:1' <br /> <br />uses. The Basic Standards and Methodologies regulation for Colorado assigns <br /> <br />':,:,~ <br />:~:~.~ <br />;?"::~>} <br /> <br /> <br />-34- <br /> <br />