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49 Porch Notes tagged “stormwater.” Page 2 of 3.

Water and land - Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County soil disturbance can trigger a GESC permit

Land-disturbing work in unincorporated Arapahoe County can need a grading, erosion, and sediment control permit.

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Water and land - Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County stormwater work is about keeping pollutants out

Arapahoe County's stormwater program keeps waterways cleaner through construction-site controls, an illicit-discharge ban, and public education.

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Water and land - Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County's stormwater manual follows unincorporated development

In unincorporated Arapahoe County, the stormwater manual sets how drainage facilities are planned, built, used, and maintained as land develops.

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Water and land - Pueblo County

Big Pueblo County ground disturbance can trigger stormwater review

Disturbing one acre or more inside Pueblo County's MS4 area can trigger county and state stormwater permits before you build.

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Water and land - Denver County

Denver green infrastructure is water-quality work

That rain garden or planted curb bump-out is stormwater infrastructure, scored by basin to slow runoff and keep pollutants out of Denver waterways.

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Water and land - Denver County

Denver stormwater permits can start before dirt work

Denver's construction stormwater rules can require a permit and stormwater plan before demolition, grading, or excavation starts.

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Water and land - Douglas County

Douglas County drainage plans follow the county manual

Drainage reports, plans, and designs tied to Douglas County zoning or subdivision review must meet the county's storm drainage criteria manual.

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Water and land - El Paso County

El Paso County stormwater pollution can travel downstream

Street runoff in El Paso County carries trash, sediment, and fertilizer downstream to creeks, rivers, lakes, and drinking-water supplies.

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Water and land - Jefferson County

In Jeffco, drainageways need to stay open

Blocking a drainageway, ditch, or channel on your Jeffco lot is prohibited when it causes flooding that would not otherwise happen.

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Water and land - Weld County

In Weld County, drainage review is part of development homework

Subdividing, grading, or paving land in Weld County can trigger a drainage review so runoff does not flood the neighbors.

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Water and land - Jefferson County

Jeffco land disturbance can need water-quality planning

Grading and site work in unincorporated Jeffco can trigger erosion control, stormwater detention, and water-quality drainage rules.

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Water and land - El Paso County

Permanent stormwater facilities in El Paso County still need maintenance

El Paso County tracks permanent stormwater structures, and a privately owned pond or basin can come with real maintenance duties.

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Water and land - Weld County

Some Weld County construction sites have a stormwater layer

In urbanized unincorporated parts of Weld County, stormwater rules can add another review step to construction work.

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Water and land - Weld County

Weld household hazardous waste is also stormwater homework

Paint, used oil, batteries, and yard chemicals can wash into stormwater, so Weld routes them to its household hazardous waste program instead.

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Water and land - Adams County

Concrete washout in Adams County needs containment

Concrete washout water is caustic; in Adams County it belongs in a containment structure, never in the street, a gutter, or a drainageway.

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Water and land - Adams County

In Adams County, storm drains are not trash drains

Whatever goes down a storm drain flows untreated into local lakes, streams, rivers, and wetlands, so only rain belongs there.

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Water and land - Weld County

In Weld County, yard care can turn into stormwater care

Pet waste and lawn chemicals can ride Weld County runoff into ponds and streams, so timing and cleanup keep them out.

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Water and land - Larimer County

Larimer County stormwater is also water-quality homework

In Larimer County, runoff ties into drainage, floodplains, and water quality, so changing how water leaves your lot affects more than your lot.

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Water and land - Larimer County

Larimer County dirt work can need erosion-control planning

Larimer County stormwater standards require erosion and sediment controls so disturbed soil stays out of roads, ditches, and streams during construction.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Denver County

Parkfield Wetland is a prairie pond with a city job

Parkfield Wetland in northeast Denver is a 2003-built prairie pond that doubles as regional storm detention and open-space habitat.

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Water and land - Larimer County

A Larimer County drainage letter can be more than a sketch

In Larimer County a drainage letter is a real design document showing how a project will handle runoff, best settled before work begins, not after.

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Water and land - Logan County

Logan County rain barrels still follow Colorado water rules

Colorado allows residential rain barrels, but the source, total storage, and allowed outdoor use all have state limits.

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Water and land - Boulder County

Boulder County erosion controls may need to be in place before inspection

Erosion controls must be in place before your first building or stormwater inspection can even be scheduled in Boulder County.

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Water and land - Boulder County

Boulder County storm drains are not a place to dump

Whatever washes into a Boulder County gutter, ditch, or storm drain heads for local creeks, so keep pollutants out of it.

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