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• Supporting specific tribal projects; and 



• Providing funding opportunities to non-tribal governments to assist 

 them in working cooperatively with tribal governments on water 

 quality issues. 



To date. Stage I program development cind Stage n development of tribal infrastruc- 

 ture are being accomplished. The next step — development, implementation and 

 extension of initial tribal, statewide and regional programs - will require $6 million 

 aiuiually. 



The following figure shows the program's stages of developments and the funding 

 associated with each: 



Program Design 



and 



Implementation Schedule 



Peuticipating tribes want the 

 program's new coordinating 

 mechanisms and technical 

 efforts to build on, enhance and 

 complement existing endeav- 

 ors of individual tribes and 

 other entities to improve water 

 quality. The Coordinated 

 Tribal Water Quality Prognim 

 is not intended to replace those 

 ongoing programs nor to 

 compete with them for fund- 

 ing. The tribes wcint the pro- 

 grjun to build on, complement 

 cind strengthen cooperative 

 water qucdity partnerships that 

 they have sought to develop 

 with other governments and 

 private entities. 



The tribes peirticipating in the 

 Coordinated Tribal Water 

 Quality Program believe that 

 fully-funded, cooperative 

 efforts to protect and cleanse 

 the waters in Washington state 

 are less expensive euid more 

 productive in the long run 

 than litigation or legislative 

 struggles to achieve the same 

 end. Through this program the 

 tribes plan to achieve for 

 waters within the State of Washington, and particulcu'ly for waters of tribal concern, 

 the same goal of the federal Clean Water Act; To restore and maintain the chemical, 

 physical and biological integrity of the nation's waters. Through this program the 

 tribes also plan to protect and preserve their cultural and economic well-being. 



