HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-059-09/07/1976-AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WATER QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION TO GRA RESOLUTION 76-59
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WATER QUALITY CONTROL
COMMISSION TO GRANT A C ' CLASSIFICATION
TO THE LOWER POUDRE RIVER
WHEREAS the City of Fort Collins maintains two Waste Water
Treatment Plants which discharge into the lower Poudre River and
WHEREAS, this portion of the River does not contain game
fish and during part of the year is an intermittent stream and
WHEREAS the Colorado Department of Health Water Quality
Control Commission has adopted a classification for streams
designated as Class C which will require less treatment for
waste water discharge and which will more realistically regulate
this portion of the River and
WHEREAS the City Water and Sewer Utilities Department has
recommended that the City Council authorize the City s application
for a Class "C ' designation of this portion of the Poudre River
and
WHEREAS in the opinion of the City Council such a designation
would be more realistic and should be granted
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the City Administration is authorized to apply
to the appropriate State agency for the reclassification of the
lower Poudre River to Class C and to take such other action as
may be required to achieve such classification
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council
held this 7th day of September A D 1976
Mayor
ATTEST
City Clerk