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December '~ 5, '/ 989 Metro Local Water Management Task Force Report Addendum to Report OTHER FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The integration of surface water management and especially nonpoint source pol- lution abatement (urban and agricultural runoff) with planning for and implementa- tion of point source pollution management (wastewater) to meet water quality standards is essential. In the Metropolitan Area, this need is particularly urgent, as the issue has come to the forefront, particularly as a result of federal litigation against the State of Minnesota, the Metropolitan Council and Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. The Metropolitan Local Water Management Task Force heard presentations by the Metropolitan Council on this issue. The issue was not contained within the eight specific issues in the charge to the Task Force; however, the Task Force finds that the integration of nonpoint so~,rce and po},n,t source pollution management is essen- tial for effective and efficient water qualit3 management. Such integration may re- quire changes to the existing institutional arrangements for surface water management in the Metropolitan Area. Recommendation The Metropolitan Local Water Management Task Force recommends that the Legislature consider the management structure necessary to integrate surface water management, especially nonpoint source management, w/th planning for and im- plementing wastewater management to achieve effective and efficient water quality management in the Metropohtan Area. [Note: At the last meeting of the Task Force the Metropolitan Council submitted this proposal for consideration. The Task Force decided to attach it as an addendum to the report.]