State of New Mexico CWA Section 305(b) Report To Congress - 2004, Water Quality and Water Pollution Control in New Mexico

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A State Report Required By The U.S. Congress Under §§ 303(d) and 305(b) of the Clean Water Act

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Book Cover	Frontispiece - Citation: Federal Clean Water Act §305(b)
CWA §305(b) Report Title Page	The WQCC Members' Page
Acknowlegements	Table of Contents
Preface Cover Page	Preface

PART I: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/OVERVIEW 228 kb

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Part 1:

Surface and Ground Water Quality

Surface Water Quality

Ground Water Quality

Part 2:

Water Quality Management - The State Role in Water Quality Management

Programs for Surface Water Quality

Programs for Ground Water Quality

Programs for Water Quality Assessment

Program Evaluation

Recommendations for Ground and Surface Water Quality Management

Recommendations to the Congress of the United States

Nonpoint Source Controls	Indian Tribes
Funding	Hazardous & Radiological Waste
Federal Facilities	Ground Water Quality Management
Delegation of Superfund to States	Drinking Water Standards

Recommendations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Program
Pretreatment	Indian Tribes
Sludge Management	Reporting Criteria

PART II - SURFACE AND GROUND WATER QUALITY

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Chapter 1 - New Mexico: A Geographical Description

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Chapter 2 - New Mexico's Surface Water Basins

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PART III - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT

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Chapter 3 - The State Role in Water Quality Management

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Overview

Responsibilities of the Water Quality Control Commission

Other Programs Relevant to Water Pollution Control

Chapter 4 - Surface Water Quality
in New Mexico

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Water Quality in Assessed Surface Waters

Causes and Sources of Water Quality Impairment

Public Health/Aquatic Life Impacts

Other Water Quality Assessment Measures for Streams and Lakes

Status of New Mexico's Wetlands

Programs for Surface Water Pollution Control

Water Quality Improvements

Programs for Water Quality Assessment

Program Evaluation

Chapter 5 - Ground Water Quality
in New Mexico

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Sources of Ground Water Contamination	Programs for Ground Water Pollution Control
NM Water Quality Act and WQCC Regulations	NM Oil and Gas Act
NM Hazardous Waste Act	Ground Water Protection Act
Emergency Management Act	NM Environmental Improvement Act
NM Solid Waste Act	Solid Waste Disposal
Other State Programs	Federal Programs Related to Ground Water Quality
County & Municipal Authorities Related to Ground Water

APPENDICES

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Appendix A

Background Information on Surface Waters

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Appendix B

2004 New Mexico Surface Water Assessment

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Key to Appendix B (8 pp.)

303(d) List of Impaired Surface Waters (6 pp.)

Surface Water Assessment Tables (338 pp.)

Appendix C

Fish Consumption Guidelines Due to Mercury Contamination

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Appendix D

Surface Water Monitoring Systems Information

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Appendix E

Summary of State and Local Government Authorities to Control Pollution of Ground and Surface Waters

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

2002 New Mexico §305(b) Report (WQCC-Released 04-01-2002)

2000 New Mexico §305(b) Report (WQCC-Released 04-01-2000)

1998 New Mexico §305(b) Report (WQCC-Released 04-01-1998)

2000 National §305(b) Report (USEPA-Released 10-01-2002)

1998 National �305(b) Report (USEPA-Released 06-01-2000)

Free Copies of this document will be available upon request as either hardbound softcover book or on a CD-ROM disk as Adobe^� Acrobat^� (v5.0.5) files. Requests may be solicited by e-mail to the New Mexico 305(b) Editor at gary_king@nmenv.state.nm.us, by telephone at (505) 827-2928, or by fax at (505) 827-0160. Requests can also be mailed directly c/o § 305(b) Editor, Surface Water Quality Bureau, Water & Waste Management Division, New Mexico Environment Department, Harold Runnels Building N2105, 1190 St. Francis Drive, P.O. Box 26110, Santa Fe, New Mexico USA 87505.

This document is presented for the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission as a deliverable service of the federal CWA § 106 Surface Water funding grant administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


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