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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.

Summary of Requirements for Compliance with WQCC Control Regulation 72

Generated by the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority Technical Advisory Committee, this document summarizes the current state of compliance with Control Regulation and Statutory Requirements by the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority.

Stormwater Quality Requirements

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.

Watershed Plan 2003

The Watershed Plan 2003 is the basic operating document of the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority. It describes the Authority‘s plans for fulfilling its oversight mandate.

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.

Phosphorus Trading Program Summary

The Cherry Creek Reservoir Control Regulation establishes a total maximum annual load (TMAL) for phosphorus. The TMAL establishes the cap on phosphorus loads in the basin. The Control Regulation also authorizes trading through the Phosphorus Bank and Reserve Pool. This document summarizes the trading program.

Program Guidelines
-Trading Program
-Reserve Pool
Trading Examples
-New Facility
-Facility Modification
Pre-Application Summary

The trading program allows point source dischargers and other entities requiring a load or wasteload allocation (i.e., allocatee) to receive phosphorus pounds for new or increased phosphorus allocations in exchange for phosphorus load reductions from other sources. The Authority can also sell or lease phosphorus credits through the Reserve Pool.

Board Members
Technical Advisory Committee

Contact information for the members of the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority Board and Technical Advisory Committee.

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.

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