§ 1250.
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§ 1250. State water quality policy
It is the policy of the State of Vermont to:
(1)protect and enhance the quality, character and usefulness of its surface waters and to assure the public health;
(2)maintain the purity of drinking water;
(3)control the discharge of wastes to the waters of the State, prevent degradation of high quality waters and prevent, abate or control all activities harmful to water quality;
(4)assure the maintenance of water quality necessary to sustain existing aquatic communities;
(5)provide clear, consistent, and enforceable standards for the permitting and management of discharges;
(6)protect from risk and preserve in their natural state certain high quality waters, including fragile high-altitude waters, and the ecosystems they sustain;
(7)manage the waters of the State to promote a healthy and prosperous agricultural community; to increase the opportunities for use of the State’s forest, park, and recreational facilities; and to allow beneficial and environmentally sound development; and
(8)seek over the long term to upgrade the quality of waters and to reduce existing risks to water quality. (Added 1985, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 17, 1986; amended 2019, No. 14, § 30, eff. April 30, 2019.)