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The Colorado Water Quality Control Division focuses on water quality for the State of Colorado. Its objective is to protect and maintain the quality of water for the public and the environment, as well as ensuring the safest distribution of drinking water. It also implements and enforces policies based on water-related issues.
In 1876, the Territorial Board of Health was created when the Governor John L. Routt, signed legislation into law creating the nine-member board of physicians across the state. Their charter was to investigate public health issues and recommend resolutions.
Agencies that are responsible for state-level regulating, monitoring, managing, and protecting environmental and public health concerns. The exact duties of these agencies can vary widely and some are combined with or are part of a state's fish and wildlife management agency .
Nacogdoches (/ ˌ n æ k ə ˈ d oʊ tʃ ɪ s / ⓘ NAK-ə-DOH-chis) is a city in East Texas and the county seat of Nacogdoches County, Texas, [6] United States. The 2020 U.S. census recorded the city's population at 32,147. [ 7 ]
The Denver Department of Environmental Health (DEH) is a charter-established department of the City & County of Denver. [1] DEH includes five divisions: Animal Protection and the Denver Animal Shelter (DAS), Community Health & Decision Support (CHDS), Environmental Quality (EQ), Public Health Inspections (PHI), and The Office of the Medical Examiner (OME).
Environment, health and safety (EHS) (or health, safety and environment –HSE–, or safety, health and environment –SHE–) is an interdisciplinary field focused on the study and implementation of practical aspects environmental protection and safeguard of people's health and safety, especially in an occupational context.
The Angelina & Neches River Authority was created by Article 16, Section 59 of the state constitution of Texas. Its purpose is water quality management and development and conservation of water resources in part of the Neches River watershed and it oversees several environmental programs in the middle and upper reaches of the watershed.
The Loco Bayou, which created Lake Nacogdoches, was constructed and completed by Freese & Nichols from the mid-1970s to 1977. [3] [2] It is an earthen dam constructed for municipal water supply, yet its primary purpose was recreational. [2] [4] Currently, the Lake is operated and owned by the City of Nacogdoches.