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Title
10
:
Conservation and Development
Chapter
047
:
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Subchapter
003
:
NEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL COMPACT
§
1336. Water standards; classification-Article V
It is
recognized, owing to such variable factors as location, size, character and
flow and the many varied uses of the waters subject to the terms of this
compact, that no single standard of sewage and waste treatment and no single
standard of quality of receiving waters is practical and that the degree of
treatment of sewage and industrial wastes should take into account the
classification of the receiving waters according to present and proposed highest
use, such as for drinking water supply, industrial and agricultural uses,
bathing and other recreational purposes, maintenance and propagation of fish
life, shellfish culture, navigation and disposal of wastes.
The commission
shall establish reasonable physical, chemical and bacteriological standards of
water quality satisfactory for various classifications of use. It is agreed
that each of the signatory states through appropriate agencies will prepare a
classification of its interstate waters in entirety or by portions according to
present and proposed highest use and for this purpose technical experts
employed by state departments of health and state water pollution control
agencies are authorized to confer on questions relating to classification of interstate
waters affecting two or more states. Each signatory state agrees to submit its
classification of its interstate waters to the commission for approval. It is
agreed that after such approval all signatory states through their appropriate
state health departments and water pollution control agencies will work to
establish programs of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes which will meet
standards established by the commission for classified waters. The commission
may from time to time make such changes in definitions of, classifications and
in standards as may be required by changed conditions or as may be necessary
for uniformity.