10 GCA § 47102: Statement of Policy.

Whereas, a pollution of the waters of Guam may be detrimental to public health and welfare, and may adversely affect livestock, wildlife, fish and aquatic life, and may progressively obstruct agricultural, industrial, recreational and other beneficial uses of water, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the government of Guam to conserve its water resources and to protect, maintain, and improve the quality and potability thereof for public water supplies, for the propagation of wildlife, fish and aquatic life, and for agricultural, industrial, recreational and other beneficial uses, to provide a comprehensive program in the public interest for the prevention, abatement and control of new or existing water pollution, to provide effective means for the carrying out and enforcement of such program, and to provide for cooperation with agencies of the United States of America for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Chapter.