Links to web sites related to Colorado water quality
The Colorado Watershed Assembly supports collaborative efforts to protect and improve the conservation values of the land, water and other natural resources of Colorado watersheds. The goal of the Assembly is to support the efforts of individual and non-profit community groups statewide working to conserve and enhance the natural resources of local watersheds.
The Colorado Water Quality Control Commission is the administrative agency responsible for developing specific state water quality policies, in a manner that implements the broader policies set forth by the Legislature in the Colorado Water Quality Control Act. The Commission adopts water quality classifications and standards for surface and ground waters of the state, as well as various regulations aimed at achieving compliance with those classifications and standards.
Founded in 1959, the Colorado Water Quality Association is dedicated to promoting the principles of honesty, integrity and professionalism for the water quality improvement industry. Likewise, it is dedicated to preserving the consuming public's right to quality water. The CWQA is a not-for-profit state trade association representing the household, commercial and industrial water treatment industry.
The Colorado Water Quality forum was created in 1992 to provide an opportunity for an ongoing informal dialogue among diverse parties representing a broad spectrum of stakeholder interests in water quality management. Participants include water suppliers, industrial and municipal dischargers, environmental groups, and federal, states, and local governmental agencies.
The Colorado Water Quality Monitoring Council serves as a statewide collaborative body, open to all, to help achieve effective goal identification, data collection, data analysis, data retrieval, and reporting/dissemination of water quality data, and monitoring information.
The Council addresses the full range of water quality information, including chemical, biological, and physical characteristics of surface and ground waters.
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with other government agencies, stakeholder groups, and private entities, is maintaining a water-quality database for selected study areas in Colorado. This database combines water-quality data from the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) and the U.S. EPA STORET databases. Specific to the Eagle River - this site contains data from the many sources that collect data in the Eagle River watershed.
A USGS link to a broader array of water quality data from around Colorado
http://co.water.usgs.gov/infodata/waterquality.html