Cherry Creek Basin

Water Quality Authority

Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority Governing Documents

The Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority manages the Cherry Creek Reservoir, tributaries and surrounding lands under mandates from a variety of controlling agencies. The following documents form the regulatory basis for our organization.

Regulation #72. Cherry Creek Reservoir Control Regulation

This control regulation from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Water Quality Control Commission, acting under authorization from the Colorado Water Control Act, adopted Regulation No. 72, Cherry Creek Reservoir control Regulation, as the legal basis for the Cherry Creek Basin Water Authority's management of the Cherry Creek Reservoir.

Colorado Water Quality Control Act

Text of the legislation that allows the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Water Quality Control Commission to empower the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority to manage the Cherry Creek basin.

Stormwater Quality Requirements - This document is currently under review and is only in draft form. Please contact Chuck Reid at 303.779.4525 for a copy.

The provisions of these Stormwater Quality Requirements provide the basis for minimum stormwater quality controls and BMP requirements in the Cherry Creek Basin. These Requirements contain standards for the implementation of both temporary (construction) and permanent stormwater quality BMPs for Land Disturbances.

Emergency Response Plan Criteria

Site Applications in the Cherry Creek Basin are required to include an Emergency Response Plan that satisfies the criteria presented in this document. The Authority developed these Emergency Response Plan Criteria as a proactive approach to raise awareness and strengthen wastewater facility design and planning to eliminate water quality impacts from sanitary sewer overflows.

Total Maximum Annual Phosphorus Load

Review of the Cherry Creek TMAL and Control Regulation #72 requirements. This document reviews the phased TMAL plan for the Cherry Creek Basin.

Summary of Pollutant Reduction Facilities
2007 CIP

This document summarizes the status, cost estimates and pollutant reduction estimates for the projects in the Cherry Creek basin.

Cherry Creek Basin Open Space Conservation and Stewardship Plan

Executive summary of the Cherry Creek Basin Open Space Conservation and Stewardship Plan that was funded by a Legacy Planning Grant awarded by the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund.

Senate Bill 01-066

Supplemental legislation affecting the duties and membership of organizations within the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority.