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Deicer Best Management Practices
Winter weather brings with it deicer, salt, and sand application. This relates to our municipal operations as well as citizens within our municipalities. Here are some reminders for this season to help protect water quality.
Salty Streets = Salty Streams
Deicers are not a substitute for shoveling. They work together to ensure you have a clear path to walk. Please do not overapply deicer or salt. Melting snow carries deicers and other pollutants into the storm system, which drains to the nearest waterbody.
Q&A: Temporary Construction Dewatering Requirements
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An update on the Colorado Stormwater Portal that MHFD has been working on for the past year or so. As…
Pet Waste & Pollution Prevention
Pet waste is a large source of stormwater pollution. When precipitation falls and comes in contact with pet waste left…
Discharges of Dredged and Fill Material into State Waters & Regulation 87
Regulation 87 – HB24-1379 directs the Water Quality Control Division to develop a dredge and fill authorization program and the Water Quality Control Commission to establish permitting and mitigation rules by Dec. 31, 2025. The outcome will be Regulation No. 87, a control regulation for avoiding, minimizing, and mitigating the impacts of dredge and fill activity in Waters of the State in Colorado.
