Owns the water
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Watershed group · local
Big Dry Creek Watershed Association
Association formed in 1997 by the governments discharging to Big Dry Creek, which monitors water quality along the creek and at the three municipal wastewater treatment plants on it.
Local to South Platte, Metro
Their role in the four decisions
How to read Big Dry Creek Watershed Association
Plans ahead
Basin roundtables and statewide planning set priorities for supply, rivers, and agriculture.
Pays for the work
State grant programs and statewide funds pay for most local water projects.
Does it on the ground
Big Dry Creek Watershed Association does the on-the-ground work: delivering, treating, restoring, or monitoring water locally.
Neighborhood
Who they work with
Each relationship below is read off a public page, not inferred.
GOVERNANCE
Adams County joined the Big Dry Creek Watershed Association's Board of Directors as a later member government.
Source ↗GOVERNANCE
City of Northglenn is a founding member (1997) of the Big Dry Creek Watershed Association and sits on its Board of Directors.
Source ↗GOVERNANCE
City of Thornton joined the Big Dry Creek Watershed Association's Board of Directors as a later member government.
Source ↗GOVERNANCE
Weld County joined the Big Dry Creek Watershed Association's Board of Directors as a later member government.
Source ↗PARTNERSHIP
Cooperative monitoring partnership providing lab analysis of stream samples.
Source not on file yet
PARTNERSHIP
Big Dry Creek Watershed Association was listed in the Colorado Watershed Assembly's statewide watershed group directory. The directory is down for maintenance, so the listing cannot currently be checked against a published source.
Source not on file yet
U.S. Department of Energy / Rocky Flats
PARTNERSHIP
Federal coordination for monitoring and managing runoff from the Rocky Flats site.
Source not on file yet
EPA provided founding support to the Big Dry Creek Watershed Association alongside its founding member governments.
Source ↗GOVERNANCE
Administrative hosting agreement for steering and public association meetings.
Source not on file yet
Woman Creek Reservoir Authority provides financial support to the Big Dry Creek Watershed Association.
Source ↗Source: public record ↗ · last verified: not recorded for this entry yet.
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