Source Water Protection Plan

About Source Water Protection | Presentations & Outreach Materials
Meeting Schedule & Topics | Meeting Minutes | Useful Links

About Source Water Protection

The Left Hand Water District is committed to protecting the quality of our source waters. That is why we are working with the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment to develop a Source Water Protection Plan (SWPP).  SWPP plans delineate the area to be protected, ID potential sources of contamination in the delineated area, implement measures to manage these sources and plan for the future.

The Left Hand Water District is under no requirement to develop a SWPP. In fact our drinking water meets or exceeds all state and federal standards, but we are committed to continuing to provide the best water possible far into the future. We are pleased the State of Colorado has a program in place to help us achieve our goal to preserve the quality of our source water.

The Source Water Protection Steering Committee is comprised of watershed stakeholders and has identified the primary issues of concern listed below.

Meetings Schedule, Topics and Past Meetings' Minutes

November 7, 2008 – (minutes pdf)

January 14, 2009 – 1:00pm, at LHWD (minutes pdf)
Impacts of septic tank systems on source water.

March 5, 2009 – 2:30pm, at LHWD (minutes pdf)
Impacts of abandoned Mine Sites with a focus on completed clean-ups.

April 9, 2009 – 2:30pm, at LHWD (minutes pdf)
Abandoned Mine Sites with a focus on existing sites and data.

May 21, 2009 – 1:00pm, at LHWD (minutes pdf)
Issues related to the Boulder Feeder Canal from Carter Lake.

TBD –
Issues related to off highway vehicle use, sedimentation from roadways and issues related to transportation corridors.

TBD –
Issues related to pesticides and herbicides use as well as land use, land cover. This topic includes forest fire risk and pine beetle infestation.

TBD –
Beach aircraft/Ratheon clean-up facility.

For more information or questions please email Geneva Mixon.

Presentations and Outreach Materials

Call for volunteers (pdf)

Source Water Protection Introduction (pdf)

Left Hand Water District’s Raw Water Collection System (pdf)

Useful Links

Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Source Water Protection Website

EPA Region 8 Source Water Protection Page

Colorado Rural Water’s Source Water Protection Information