It is declared to be the public policy of the state of New York to
maintain reasonable standards of purity of the waters of the state
consistent with public health and public enjoyment thereof, the
propagation and protection of fish and wild life, including birds,
mammals and other terrestrial and acquatic life, and the industrial
development of the state, and to that end require the use of all known
available and reasonable methods to prevent and control the pollution of
the waters of the state of New York.