EAGLE RIVER WATERSHED WATER-QUALITY DATA--DATA RETRIEVALS

Beaver dam on Gore Creek near Vail, Colorado. Photo by Ken Neubecker, copyright 2001.

Historical data for the Eagle River Watershed have been compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with several agencies: the Eagle County Board of Commissioners, the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District, the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority, the Town of Vail, the Cities of Aurora, Colorado Springs, and Red Cliff, The Colorado River Water Conservation District, and the Eagle River Watershed Council. From 1947 to 2006, 12 agencies have collected water-quality data and biological data at a total of 386 sites within the watershed. These data have been compiled into a single relational data base. Types of water data collected include major ions, nutrients, trace metals, pesticides, and volatile organics. Types of biological data collected include fish, algae, and macroinvertebrate information.

A summary of available data (0.8 MB Microsoft Word file) may be downloaded, or queries may be made of the data base to retrieve only data specifically of interest.

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