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An assessment of the water resources of Park County, Colorado

Study Area: Park County, Colorado
Period of Project: Inactive
Project Number: CO40700
Project Chief: Daniel L Brendle
Cooperator: Park County and Center of Colorado Water Conservancy District

BACKGROUND:

It has been about 20 years since the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed and characterized the quantity and quality of water resources in Park County, Colorado. The population of Park County has increased almost sixfold between 1970 and 1995, increasing demand on water resources. Local entities in Park County need current information regarding water quantity, water quality, and water use in Park County. This information will be used by water-resource managers to determine better land-use and water-management practices to protect existing resources and to help identify current and future water-quantity and water-quality concerns.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To characterize ground-water quality in the primary aquifers throughout the county.
2. To determine the change in ground-water quality using results for constituents analyzed in 1974 and in 2000.
3. To determine whether results of water-quality sampling indicate degradation of ground-water quality due to ISDS effluent mixing with the ground water.