Cayuga County Water Quality Management Agency
Mission
The mission of the Cayuga County Water Quality Management Agency is to protect and improve the quality of water in Cayuga County.
Function
The Cayuga County Water Quality Management Agency (WQMA) was established in November 1990 by the Cayuga County Legislature to provide a correlated approach to water quality management in Cayuga County. The agency's primary functions are to provide a vehicle for comprehensive planning combined with realistic implementation of goals for effective water quality management programs; to coordinate the efforts, activities and responsibilities of member agencies and organizations; and to increase public awareness and participation in water quality and quantity issues.
Goal
The goal of the County WQMA is to establish and implement a coordinated water quality program which identifies and addresses nonpoint source pollution and protection of groundwater resources in Cayuga County.
Remember: We all live in a Watershed
WQMA By-Laws Water Quality Strategy WQMA Work Plan WQMA Projects
Cayuga County Sanitary Code Owasco Watershed Rules and Regulations
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Updated: April 19, 2011