Vermont § 1250 - State water quality policy It is the policy of the State of Vermont to:

§ 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