2004 Minnesota Statutes

     103F.705 Purpose. 

    (a) It is the purpose of the legislature in enacting 
 sections 103F.701 to 103F.761 to protect and improve surface and 
 ground water in the state, through financial and technical 
 assistance to local units of government to control water 
 pollution associated with land use and land management 
 activities. 

    (b) It is also the purpose of the legislature to: 

    (1) identify water quality problems and their causes; 

    (2) direct technical and financial resources to resolve 
 water quality problems and to abate their causes; 

    (3) provide technical and financial resources to local 
 units of government for implementation of water quality 
 protection and improvement projects; 

    (4) coordinate a nonpoint source pollution control program 
 with elements of the existing state water quality program and 
 other existing resource management programs; and 

    (5) provide a legal basis for state implementation of 
 federal laws controlling nonpoint source water pollution.  

    HIST: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 81