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CITATION DESCRIPTION COMMENTS State Board Resolution Resolution No. 68-16 (anti-degradation policy) No. 68-16 (Policy on has been incorporated into all Regional Board Maintaining the High Quality Basin Plans. Requires that quality of waters of State Waters) (Water Code of the State that is better than needed to §13140, Clean Water Act protect all beneficial uses be maintained regulations 40 CFR §131.12) unless certain findings are made. Discharges to high quality waters must be treated using best practicable treatment or control necessary to prevent pollution or nuisance and to maintain the highest quality water. Requires cleanup to background water quality or to lowest concentrations technically and • economically feasible to achieve. Beneficial uses must, at least, be protected. State Board Resolution Resolution No. 88-63 has been incorporated No. 88-63 (Sources of into all Regional Board Basin Plans. The Drinking Water Policy) policy designates all ground and surface waters of the state as drinking water except where the TDS is greater than 3000 ppm, the well yield is less than 200 gpd from a single well, the water is a geothermal resource or in a waste water conveyance facility, or the water cannot reasonably be treated for domestic use using either best management practices or best economically achievable treatment practices. State Water Board Resolution Resolution 92-49 establishes policies and 92-49 (Policies and procedures for the oversight of investigations Procedures for Investigation and cleanup and abatement activities resulting and Cleanup and Abatement of from discharges of waste which affect or Discharges Under Water Code threaten water quality. It requires cleanup Section 13304) (Water Code of all waste discharged and restoration of §13307) affected water to background conditions (i.e. , the water quality that existed before the discharge) . Requires actions for cleanup and -3-