Water Quality Data Workshops Planned: Rio Grande, Arkansas River Basin Events Help Coordinate Studies.
By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.
Apr. 14–Meetings are scheduled in the Arkansas River and Rio Grande basins to compare water quality data in anticipation of new water quality standards for the basins.
The next hearing for water quality standards in the basins by the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission will be in 2012.
The state health department, in partnership with the Colorado Water Quality Monitoring Council, the Colorado Watershed Network and others, is sponsoring the workshops.
The goal is to bring together groups in the basin to share water quality studies and create an interactive map.
So far, training has been completed in the Colorado, Gunnison, and South Platte basins.
Workshops are planned in Alamosa, April 21; Salida, April 22; Pueblo, April 23; and Rocky Ford, April 24.
The workshops are all-day events, free and breakfast and lunch will be served.
For more information, visit the Web site, or contact Sarah Sauter, 303-291-7388, sarah@coloradowatershed.org.
WORKSHOPS
Training workshops sponsored by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the Colorado Water Quality Monitoring Council, the Colorado Watershed Network are planned for the Arkansas and Rio Grande basins.
–April 21: Holiday Inn Express, Alamosa –April 22: Chaffee County Fairgrounds, Salida –April 23: Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District offices, Pueblo –April 24: Rocky Ford Chamber of Commerce, 104 N. Main, Rocky Ford
ON THE NET
Colorado Watershed Network: http://www.coloradowatershed.org
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