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Location
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Current values |
Historic values |
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Stream Flow |
Date & Time |
Mean Flow |
Record length |
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Boulder Creek at Orodell
(W. of Boulder) |
16 cfs 0.45 cms |
11-19-2008 15:15 |
25 cfs | 20 years |
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Boulder Creek at 75th Street
(E. of Boulder) |
8.9 cfs 0.25 cms |
11-19-08 15:15 |
51 cfs | 21 years |
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Saint Vrain Creek
(E. of Longmont) |
52 cfs 1.47 cms |
11-19-08 15:00 |
54 cfs | 30 years |
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Current Metro Air Quality Status |
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Current EPA/NOAA UV Exposure Index | 1 Minimal | |
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South Platte Basin Snow Pack Water Equivalent |
64% (of 30 yr average) |
Boulder Creek Watershed Snowpack reports from Niwot Ridge
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Check out the BASIN Calendar of local events relating to water and the environment.
BASIN now provides a Water Quality Index for the main stem of Boulder Creek along with other Water Quality information for the Boulder Creek Watershed.
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View dramatic aerial photos of the Boulder area including comparisons of 1937 and 1987 South Boulder Creek floodplain
Reoccurring incidents of groundwater supply contamination raise concern over "fracing" exemption (11/17/08)
Boulder OSMP to provide a fish passage at McGinn Ditch diversion on South Boulder Creek (11/09/08)
City of Boulder to host open house at 75th st. Waste Water treatment plant on Tuesday (10/28) (10/26/08)
Big Thompson Watershed Forum annual meeting to discuss range of Front Range water issues Tuesday (10/26/08)
Population growth and energy development suspected in doubling of CO hazardeous spill incidents (10/26/08)
NCWCD confident of eventual approval for NISP's Glade Park reservoir despite anticipated delay (10/15/08)
Pepsi attributes drop in beverage sales to a return to tap water due to the economy (10/15/08)
EWG study finds bottled water may not be any cleaner than tap water (10/15/08)
Colorado Agricultural Commissioner questions reducing irrigation water in the face of food shortages (10/13/08)
Three quarters of state water providers remiss in submitting mandated water conservation and drought response plans (10/08/08)
Western Water Assessment report to CWCB reinforces anticipated impacts of Climate Change on Colorado water resources (10/07/08)
CDPHE Water Quality Control Division raises "significant" water quality issues with proposed NISP Glade Reservoir (10/07/08)
The city of Boulder and PACE team with Community Hopital to host Pharmaceutical Drop Off Day (10/07/08)
Hearing scheduled for proposed Windy Gap Chimney Hollow Reservoir (10/06/08)
Mitigation key to expanding Fraser River diversions to the Front Range (10/05/08)
Colorado Water Conservation Board and Governor Ritter will host a conference on Drought Planning in Denver Oct 8-10 (10/02/08)
Boulder County Public Health investigating rise in E.Coli cases, including 8 at CU (10/01/08)
KBDI - channel 6 to air two documentaries this week on the water shortages in the US West (10/01/08)
Invasive mussell species detected in 4 western lakes feeding the NCWCD's CBT water supply system (9/29/08)
Future of Colorado River water supplies dominated by uncertainties regarding oil shale development (9/21/08)
Forty Eastern Colorado counties approved for Federal Disaster assistance due to drought and severe weather (9/17/08)
Save the Poudre and NCWCD spar over NISP survey results (9/16/08)
State allocates $1.5 million of oil severance tax to purchase water rights for in-stream flow (9/15/08)
AP study estimates millions of pounds of unused and expired pharmecueticals routinely flushed into US wastewater stream (9/14/08)
Further pharmecuetical testing of municipal water supplies for finds larger exposure, more compounds (9/12/08)
Grand Canyon sand bars formed by artificial flood release appear to be eroding quickly (9/12/08)
USGS report finds significant proportion of North American freshwater fish species in danger of extinction (9/11/08)
NISP opponents to present alternative Northern Colorado water supply proposal (9/11/08)
Interior Department's Inspector General finds corruption rampant in federal offshore oil and gas oversight agency (9/11/08)
Colorado Supreme court to review ruling that that subjects CBM water discharges to state water law (9/10/08)
Colorado Supreme Court to decide county authority over cyanide gold mining (9/09/08)
Cache La Poudre Junior High School uses Poudre River as mult-displinary class room for River Week (9/06/08)
CU study refines estimate of sea level rise resulting from climate change (9/05/08)
Colorado politicians protest BLM release of final Oil Shale development EIS (9/05/08)
Denver Water proposes a average %7.5 average water rate hike for 2009 (9/04/08)
Yale primate study adds to concerns over plastic component Bisphenol A (9/04/08)
New study finds peak wind speeds in strongest hurricanes have increased over last 2 decades (9/04/08)
Ft Collins city council expected to file objections to NISP Glade Park Reservoir EIS tonite (9/03/08)
Increasing effects of excess nitrogen emissions reveals anthropogenic impacts beyond climate change (9/02/08)
New study finds invasive mussels thrive in water impoundments (9/02/08)
South Boulder residents appeal to city for improved mosquito control (9/01/08)
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