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Title: Procedures for issuing fish consumption advisories in the state of Colorado
Abstract: The purpose of this document is to describe and standardize the process by which fish consumption advisories (FCAs) are developed and publicly disseminated in Colorado. This document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the state agencies involved in the process, and describes the steps involved in implementing this policy.
Date: 2006
dc.title: Procedures for issuing fish consumption advisories in the state of Colorado

Title: Teacher resources for introducing urban stormwater quality concepts to the classroom : including example lesson plans meeting Colorado standards for science, geography and civics
Abstract: Our drinking water supplies, fishing and recreational waters are fouled by uncontrolled pollution when rainwater and snowmelt wash over city streets, parking lots, and suburban lawns and pick up toxic chemicals, disease-causing organisms (from pet waste), and dirt and trash. This problem is called urban stormwater pollution. Recent studies have found that urban stormwater rivals and in some cases exceeds sewage plants and large factories as a source of damaging pollutants. Two hundred years of unregulated, unmanaged urban stormwater have contributed to many severe public health problems and expensive natural resource losses in the United States.
Date: 2006
dc.title: Teacher resources for introducing urban stormwater quality concepts to the classroom : including example lesson plans meeting Colorado standards for science, geography and civics, Teacher resources for introducing urban stormwater quality concepts to the classroom

Title: Efforts to develop a more streamlined process for preventing violations and enforcing regulations and permits for stormwater discharges association with construction activities : report to the General Assembly of the State of Colorado in accordance with Colorado House bill 12-1119
Abstract: The Water Quality Control Division (the Division) in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is tasked with administering water quality control programs to protect waters of the state. The Division provides education, compliance assistance, permits, inspections and enforcement to promote prevention, control and abatement of water pollution. Per HB121119, the Division has been meeting since June (a total of 10 meetings) with stakeholders in the construction industry and other interested parties to develop a more responsive, streamlined process to improve compliance, reduce violations and provide timely enforcement. This report includes the results of this collaborative effort, including actions to develop more streamlined and responsive processes and recommendations for moving forward.
Date: 2012
dc.title: Efforts to develop a more streamlined process for preventing violations and enforcing regulations and permits for stormwater discharges association with construction activities : report to the General Assembly of the State of Colorado in accordance with Colorado House bill 12-1119

Title: Colorado's phase II municipal guidance : a guide to application requirements and program development for coverage under Colorado's phase II municipal stormwater discharge permit
Abstract: The federal Clean Water Act requires that stormwater discharges from certain types of facilities be authorized under stormwater discharge permits. The goal of the stormwater permits program is to reduce the amount of pollutants entering streams, lakes and rivers as a result of runoff from residential, commercial and industrial areas. The original 1990 regulation covered municipal (i.e., publicly-owned) storm sewer systems for municipalities over 100,000 population. The regulation was expanded in 1999 to include smaller municipalities as well. This expansion of the program is referred to as Phase II.
Date: 2006
dc.title: Colorado's phase II municipal guidance : a guide to application requirements and program development for coverage under Colorado's phase II municipal stormwater discharge permit

Title: Colorado discharge permit system (CDPS) general permit COR900000 for stormwater discharges associated with non-extractive industrial activity : developing your stormwater management plan (SWMP) : technical assistance for industrial facility operators
Abstract: Storm water runoff is water from rain or snowmelt that does not immediately infiltrate into the ground, and instead flows through natural or man-made conveyance or storage systems. Stormwater runoff volume is greater in areas with high proportions of impervious surfaces (e.g., paved roads, buildings, parking lots, etc.). Runoff from areas where industrial activities are conducted can contain pollutants when facility practices allow exposure of industrial materials or activities to stormwater. To regulate the amount of pollutants entering Colorado Waters, the Colorado Water Quality Control Act mandates that certain types of industrial activities that discharge stormwater to state waters must obtain coverage under a Colorado Discharge Permit System (CDPS) permit issued by the Colorado Water Quality Control Division.
Date: 2012
dc.title: Colorado discharge permit system (CDPS) general permit COR900000 for stormwater discharges associated with non-extractive industrial activity : developing your stormwater management plan (SWMP) : technical assistance for industrial facility operators, Developing your stormwater management plan (SWMP) technical assistance for industrial facility operators

Title: Report, cost/benefit study of the impacts of potential nutrient controls for Colorado point source discharges
Abstract: The Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) Water Quality Control Division is developing an approach to manage nutrients in Colorado waters. The primary driver for this effort has been an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directive to reduce nutrients in waters under jurisdiction of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). The Division's proposal to control the discharge of nutrients relies largely on a technology-based control regulation that would establish effluent limits for both total phosphorus (TP) and total inorganic nitrogen (TIN) for many domestic and some nondomestic wastewater treatment facilities that become subject to the control regulation will have to invest in capital improvements and ongoing operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
Date: 2011
dc.title: Report, cost/benefit study of the impacts of potential nutrient controls for Colorado point source discharges, Cost benefit study of the impacts of potential nutrient controls for Colorado point source discharges report