Protecting Water Quality in Chatfield’s Watershed, Located Southwest of Denver, Colorado, USA
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Welcome to Chatfield Watershed Authority
 

The Chatfield Watershed Authority promotes protection of water quality in the Chatfield Watershed for recreation, fisheries, drinking water supplies, and other beneficial uses. To protect these beneficial uses, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Commission, adopted Regulation #73.  This regulation includes limits on the amount of phosphorus that can get into the reservoir.  The number one source of phosphorus to Chatfield Reservoir is from nonpoint sources (NPS). Nonpoint sources of nutrients, such as phosphorus, come from many diffuse sources. NPS pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural and human-made pollutants, finally depositing them into lakes, rivers, wetlands, coastal waters, and even our underground sources of drinking water.

Thanks for making the 2010 Chatfield Watershed Summit a Success!

Thank you very much for attending the Chatfield Watershed Authority “Chatfield Summit” on June 16, 2010 at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield.  Your participation and contributions to the discussion were an integral part of the success of the Chatfield Summit.  It is our sincerest hope that events such as this can serve to inspire and renew dedication to the betterment of our watershed community and its resources.  
 
Click here for the Summit meeting summary.
 
In order to ensure that future events provide the best possible experience, we ask that you take a few moments to fill out an anonymous survey.  The survey can be accessed via the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9ZXPWSW. We greatly appreciate you participation and value your input.

View pictures from the Summit

Special Thanks to our 2010 Chatfield Watershed Summit Gold Sponsors

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The Denver Regional Council of Governments is the regional water quality planning agency  
www.drcog.org
 
The State of Colorado, Department of Public Health and Environment regulates all discharges into water bodies in Colorado.
www.cdphe.state.co.us

The Water Quality Control Division is the specific section of the Department of Health that regulates water quality. www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/index.html

The decision-making body for water quality in the state is the Water Quality Control Commission.  
www.cdphe.state.co.us/op/wqcc/index.html
Many members of the Chatfield Watershed Authority have their own web sites.
·       City of Littleton, www.littletongov.org
·       Douglas County, www.douglas.co.us
·       Jefferson County, www.co.jefferson.co.us
·       Roxborough Water and Sanitation District, www.roxwater.com
·       Town of Castle Rock, www.crgov.com
·       Perry Park Water and Sanitation District, www.ppwsd.org
·       Centennial Water and Sanitation District, www.highlandsranch.org/06_wsan/06_wsan_home.html
Other entities are Associate Members of the Chatfield Watershed Authority.  
·       City of Aurora, www.auroragov.org/AuroraGov/index.htm
·       Tri County Health Department, www.tchd.org
·       Coalition for the Upper South Platte, www.uppersouthplatte.net

There are several other Watershed Authorities in the Denver Metro Region.
·       The Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Association, www.cherrycreekbasin.org
·       The Bear Creek Watershed Authority, www.bearcreekwatershed.org/
·       The South Platte Coalition for Urban River Evaluation (SPCURE), www.spcure.org/about.shtml

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