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The tribes also note that even after Congress ~ in the Safe Drinking Water Act and 

 the Clean Water Act - delegated authority for envirorunental protection to the tribes, 

 sufficient money to carry out tribal environmental responsibilities and desires has not 

 been forthcoming. The tribes look to Congress to treat them as equals with other 

 governments when it comes to providing funding for addressing water quality 

 problems. Nevertheless, the tribes know -- indeed, have championed - the premise 

 that wafer pollution caruiot be controlled and ended without all parts of the national 

 conimunity working together. 



The Coordinated Tribal Water Quality program that has evolved among tribes in 

 Washington state reflects three complimentary matters: 



• The necessity for each tribe to control its environment to protect its 

 future; 



• The necessity to enhance that control by reaching out to other entities 

 to combat water pollution eind to restore water quality; cmd 



• The necessity to improve current efforts to address water pollution by 

 utilizing them, building on them and ensuring that they are 

 complemented by new water quality programs. 



These necessities are reflected in the goals and objectives the participating tribes have 

 set for the Coordinated Tribal Water Quality Program: 



Goals: 



Tribes participating in the Coordinated Tribal Water Quality Program agree on these 

 general goals: 



• To achieve for waters within the State of Washington, especially for 

 waters of tribal concern, the goal of the Clean Water Act to restore and 

 maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation's 

 waters; 



• To develop cmd implement a coordinated, cooperative tribal water 

 quality program to protect and conserve treaty rights and the politicetl 

 integrity of the tribes jmd of their citizens and envirorunents; 



• To maintain, restore, and enhance biotic diversity and functions within 

 ecological communities in the State of Washington so that an overeill 

 net gain in the productive capacities of fish and wildlife habitats is 

 achieved; zind 



• To promote respect tor traditional tribal values about water cmd the 

 environment. 



Objectives: 



Tribal water quality goals will be met through the attainment of objectives that the 

 individual tribes have set for themselves. Not every participating tribe will fulfill 

 every objective. However, by uliUziJig the coordinated intergovernmental strategy 

 described later in this report, the participating tribes intend collectively to achieve 

 objectives such as: 

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