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Water Quality and Stormwater Issues for Ditch Companies |
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Thursday, 17 December 2009 |
When: Friday, January 8, 2010
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: ATLAS Institute (Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society)
Room 229
The University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
(at the corner of 18th and Colorado on Campus)
Cost: $50 for DARCA/CWC members;
$100 for non-members
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Urbanization has been occurring along ditches and their riparian corridors since Colorado’s first ditches were built in latter half of the 19th century and this urban growth has placed many pressures on Colorado ditch and reservoir companies. One issue that is increasingly becoming more prominent is the impact of stormwater - both in terms of quaility and quantity - into these ditches. The workshop will help participants identify and frame these issues and develop appropriate solutions to eliminate or mitigate potential damage and liability to their ditch systems.
The workshop will begin with an informative presentation about the work that is being done to protect water quality in the Boulder Creek and St. Vrain watersheds from urban runoff. Janice Lopitz, the project coordinator of the Keep it Clean Partnership, will describe the state mandated stormwater programs being implemented to address urban runoff from the residential, commericial and construction communities.
Next, Richard Belt, P.E., P.H. of Aqua Engineering will discuss the many stormwater engineering topics including the use of case studies from local ditch companies. Richard’s presentation will focus on:
- Basic Hydrology of pre and post-development scenarios in the context of water quantity and quality addressing tributary and distributary systems.
- Quantity Management Issues and how to lessen postdevelopment impacts through appropriate basin and outlet designs.
- Quality Management Issues for inflows into ditches incluing concentrated and sheet flow techniques and primary contaminants of concern.
- Effectively Interacting with Cities, Counties and Other Agencies What are typical development standards and what does a typical post-development for a ditch system really look like.
- FEMA and Floodplain Management The management of flood-plains by FEMA and the impact on ditch companies.
The workshop will conclude by John A. Akolt, Esq. who will address water quality and stormwater issues that impact ditch and reservoir companies in Colorado. John, counsel for Farmer’s Reservoir and Irrigation Company in Brighton, has extensive experience in dealing with water quality and stormwater issues in Colorado and he will be able to discuss optimal legal strategies.
DARCA’s Water Quality for Ditch Companies workshop is sponsored by Applegate Group Inc., URS Corporation, and Aqua Engineering Inc..
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