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29 Porch Notes tagged “water quality,” from counties across Colorado.
Water and land - Clear Creek County
Old mines still shape the water in Clear Creek
Clear Creek County's mining past left behind a federal cleanup site, and treated mine drainage is part of how water quality is managed along Clear Creek today.
Read note ->Water and land - Denver County
Denver lake and stream recreation starts with a water-quality check
Denver samples its streams and most public lakes, but urban runoff means caution is wise in city surface water no matter the latest result.
Read note ->Water and land - Denver County
Denver storm drains carry runoff without sanitary treatment
Denver storm drains run separate from the sewer, sending street runoff straight toward streams and lakes without any wastewater treatment.
Read note ->Water and land - El Paso County
El Paso County storm drains do not go to a treatment plant
Stormwater in El Paso County's MS4 moves through inlets, ditches, and ponds straight to natural waterways, never to a treatment plant.
Read note ->Water and land - Weld County
In Weld County, the MS4 map can matter before site work
Parcels in Weld County's unincorporated urbanized MS4 area follow county stormwater rules, even when they look rural.
Read note ->Water and land - Weld County
Weld County stormwater does not get the household-water treatment
Weld County stormwater runs through roadside ditches straight to local waterways, untreated, so what lands on your property travels with it.
Read note ->Water and land - Denver County
A Denver stormwater violation can be more ordinary than chemicals
Anything but rainfall and snowmelt going down a Denver storm drain can count as a pollutant or illicit discharge.
Read note ->Water and land - Douglas County
Douglas County private well quality is owner homework
A private well is the owner's job to keep clean, so ask for records, maintenance history, and recent lab results before relying on it.
Read note ->Water and land - Douglas County
Douglas County stormwater does not go to the treatment plant
Douglas County storm drains skip treatment entirely and empty into local creeks, so whatever rides the runoff goes straight downstream.
Read note ->Water and land - Jefferson County
Jeffco illicit discharge rules protect stormwater
In unincorporated Jeffco, an ordinance bars pollutants from the storm sewer system, so check where runoff goes before washing or dumping outside.
Read note ->Water and land - Jefferson County
Jeffco permanent stormwater BMPs need maintenance
That basin or swale in your Jeffco subdivision is permanent stormwater infrastructure, and someone has to maintain it or it stops cleaning runoff.
Read note ->Water and land - El Paso County
Some El Paso County septic systems need operation and maintenance records
Some El Paso County septic systems get smaller setbacks because advanced treatment must keep working — so they carry maintenance records.
Read note ->Water and land - Jefferson County
Stormwater in Jeffco is part of water quality
In unincorporated Jeffco, runoff from your driveway or yard is a water-quality matter, so grading and paving jobs come with rules.
Read note ->Water and land - El Paso County
Wetlands can shape El Paso County development review
A wetland on your El Paso County parcel can reshape site layout, easements, and permitting long before you break ground.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->Water and land - Arapahoe County
Aurora Reservoir is recreation on a managed water asset
Aurora Reservoir is a city-managed reservoir, so passes, swim-beach rules, watercraft inspection, and current conditions change with the season.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->Water and land - Denver County
Unusual Denver stream conditions belong on a 311 report
Odd odors, colors, sheens, or dead fish in Denver streams or lakes are worth a 311 report, even though storm suds are often harmless.
Read note ->Water and land - Larimer County
Larimer County rural water quality needs its own check
On Larimer County rural property, water quality and quantity can vary off municipal systems, so a well needs its own permit and testing check.
Read note ->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.
Read note ->Water and land - Larimer County
Larimer County storm drains are not dumping places
Larimer County storm drains carry runoff straight to waterways untreated, so only stormwater belongs in them unless an allowed exception applies.
Read note ->Water and land - San Juan County
Fish San Juan County's high lakes and side creeks, and know the upper Animas
Many tributaries and high lakes around Silverton fish well; the main-stem upper Animas is shaped by old-mine metals, so plan your trout day around the side waters.
Read note ->Water and land - La Plata County
The Animas is Durango's river, and a closely watched one
The Animas River is the heart of Durango's outdoor life, and because it drains old mining country upstream, agencies keep a close eye on its water quality, especially since the 2015 Gold King Mine release.
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