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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