Keep It Clean Partnership
Superior
participates in the Keep it Clean Partnership, a regional stormwater program, which was formed in 2003 to combine resources and implement programs to help improve the stormwater quality entering our streams and lakes as a result of runoff from residential, commercial and industrial areas as well as meet the requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permitting program. In the State of Colorado, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Water Quality Control Division is responsible for regulating the discharge of stormwater by issuing discharge permits through the Colorado Discharge Permit System (CDPS). http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/PermitsUnit/index.html
What a Resident Can Do To Protect Water Quality
As a resident you can help by:
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Cleaning up after your pet.
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Washing your vehicle at a commercial car wash that treats or recycles its wastewater, or wash your car on your yard so the water soaks into the ground.
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Repairing automotive leaks and disposing of used auto fluids.
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Using pesticides and fertilizers sparingly, or not at all.
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Monitor your lawn watering requirements and don’t over water.
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Sending nothing to the storm drain but rain!
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Remember To Keep It Clean ‘cause we’re all Downstream’
Please contact the Stormwater Program Manager, Jon Haukaas, at 303-499-3675 or visit the http://www.keepitcleanpartnership.org/ web site for more information on stormwater protection.