Colorado. Water Quality Control Commission
Author
Series
Commission policy volume 98-2
Publisher
Colorado Water Quality Control Commission
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this document is to describe how the objectives of the federal Clean Water Act and the federal Safe Drinking Water Act statutes are implemented in Colorado. This Guide is divided into two major sections. The first section (Part 1) describes how Colorado protects the quality of its ambient water bodies, and the second section (Part 2) describes how Colorado's Safe Drinking Water Program is primarily focused on ensuring that the water...
Author
Series
Commission policy volume 10-1
Publisher
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Commission
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Direct measurement and characterization of the health and well being of the aquatic community in surface water are critical to determining how effectively Colorado is achieving the ultimate goals of the Colorado Water Quality Control Act ("CWQCA") and the federal Clean Water Act ("CWA"), which are to restore, maintain, protect, and improve the quality of our water resources. These legislative policy statements highlight the importance of having tools...
Series
Commission policy volume 98-2
Publisher
Colorado Water Quality Control Commission
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Series
Commission policy volume 98-1
Publisher
[Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Commission]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This guidance provides an interpretation of the Commissions "narrative standards" as they apply to sediments which may form deposits detrimental to the attainment of aquatic life uses.
Publisher
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Commission
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
This policy addresses the Water Quality Control Commission's methodology and rationale for developing water temperature criteria and standards for the protection of aquatic life in Colorado's surface waters. Colorado's temperature criteria are in the process of being revised and this policy records the incremental progress towards final criteria.
Publisher
Colorado Water Quality Control Commission
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Senate Bill 50 in 1988 amended Title 37 of Article 95, C.R.S. establishing a Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund (WPCRF) as an enduring and viable mechanism to fund water quality projects. The statute provides that the WPCRF shall be maintained and be available in perpetuity for providing financial assistance as authorized and defined by the Clean Water Act (Federal Act). The agencies (hereinafter referred to as the State) having responsibility...
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