The Cherry Creek Reservoir Watershed Plan is a strategic plan for achieving Watershed and Reservoir health. The Cherry Creek Reservoir and surrounding State Park serve as an important urban recreational amenity, providing opportunities for wildlife habitat, sport fishing, boating, swimming, bicycling, bird watching, horseback riding, and hiking. Located in metropolitan Denver, this “oasis” is an urban jewel along the Front Range of Colorado for everyone to enjoy.
Watershed and Reservoir health and water quality are generally measured by a variety of chemical, physical, and biological constituents, including, transparency (Secchi depth), phytoplankton composition, chlorophyll levels, temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, phosphorus concentrations, nitrogen concentrations, and inflow quantity. Water quality standards have been adopted to control algal production (eutrophication), of the Reservoir, through limits on phosphorus and chlorophyll concentrations.
Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.