Big Dry Creek Watershed Association |
What is the Big Dry Creek Watershed Association?The Big Dry Creek Watershed Association is a voluntary association of individuals and entities who dedicate time and resources to develop a sound scientific understanding of water quality, flow, aquatic life and habitat conditions in the Big Dry Creek watershed for the purposes of 1) environmentally responsible decision-making with regard to land and stream uses and 2) identifying measures to improve and protect stream conditions.
The Big Dry Creek Partnership, which includes the cities of Broomfield, Northglenn and Westminster and Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Rocky Flats), started the Watershed Association. These four entities discharge wastewater into Big Dry Creek and have been heavily involved in monitoring stream conditions for many years. The three cities have worked together since 1988 to monitor stream conditions in Big Dry Creek from Standley Lake to the confluence with the South Platte, while Rocky Flats has intensively monitored stream conditions in the reach of Big Dry Creek from its headwaters to Standley Lake. The Association is open to those interested in cooperatively working toward understanding and prioritizing efforts to improve basin conditions. In addition to the initial four Partnership members, representatives of the City of Thornton, City of Arvada, Weld County, Jefferson County, Big Dry Creek Ditch Company, FRICO, local farmers, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver Regional Council of Governments, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are also participating in the Association. The Association hopes to expand to include representatives of community groups, schools, developers and other businesses and industries. The above chart provides a breakdown of the municipalities and unincorporated areas located within the watershed boundaries.
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