{"data":{"id":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1250","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"10 V.S.A. § 1250","heading":"State water quality policy","body":"It is the policy of the State of Vermont to:\n(1) protect and enhance the quality, character and usefulness of its surface waters and to assure the public health;\n(2) maintain the purity of drinking water;\n(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;\n(4) assure the maintenance of water quality necessary to sustain existing aquatic communities;\n(5) provide clear, consistent, and enforceable standards for the permitting and management of discharges;\n(6) protect from risk and preserve in their natural state certain high quality waters, including fragile high-altitude waters, and the ecosystems they sustain;\n(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\n(8) seek over the long term to upgrade the quality of waters and to reduce existing risks to water quality.","path":["Title 10: Conservation and Development","Chapter 047: Water Pollution Control","Subchapter 001: WATER POLLUTION CONTROL"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/10/047/01250","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:20:51Z","sha256":"d025caf919eb54061d84d1772b0afdf843979fb62cdbc611bca153776cd3982a","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1235","next":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1251"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}