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• County: Eagle
• Community: Eagle
• Stream Name: Eagle River
• Title: Eagle River Watershed Plan
• Date: 1/1/1996
• Prepared For: Eagle Community and Eagle County
• Prepared By: National Park Service
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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BMP recommendations should be looked
upon as a list of "tools," each of which
can be used to address specific issues or
sites. They should not be expected to be
appropriate or work in all circumstances
and may be either short-term or long-
term actions. Implementation can either
be voluntary, or through local planning
and zoning processes, local regulations,
and development of water quality
projects.

The following list describes BMPs that
address the items such as
· Water Quality Management and
Monitoring,
· Household and Citizen
Involvement,
· Development and Construction,
· Transportation and Parking Lots,
· Individual Sewage Disposal
Systems,
· Gravel Mining,
· Agricultural Uses,
· Logging,
· Recreation

Many of the following BMPs are the
same or similar to recommendations
found in other Plan chapters but are
included to illustrate the relationship
of water quality to land use, water
quantity, etc.

Suggested Water Quality
Management and Monitoring
BMPs:

1. Develop municipal stormwater manage-
ment plans. The Town of Vail has a plan
which could be used as a model for commu-
nities in the watershed.

2. Monitor storage of toxic materials
throughout the basin by local emergency
service and environmental health agencies.

3. Identify and research physical stream
enhancement projects (stream-side tree

planting, in-stream aeration structures,
stream side sediment control structures,
stream bank erosion control, stream channel
modification, etc.) for implementation on
private or public lands.

4. Ensure that analysis of potential water
development projects consider water
quality standards, particularly in regards to
. stream flows and wastewater discharges.

5. Require runoff f"Ilters and drainage plans
to be in continually working order, e.g.
Vail parking structures, church parking lots,
the airport, etc., and make semi-annual
inspection as part of enforcement plan out-
lined in Chapter 6: Land Use.

6. Locally track the activities at the Eagle Mine
Superfund site, including mine seepage
and possibility of blow-out. Request a semi-
annual community briefing by the EPA and
State on the status of the clean-up which
should continue until the area has been
declared reclaimed. Water quality monitoring
has shown that the Eagle Mine and other
mines still contribute pollutants to the water-
shed. Information on the clean-up status is
available from the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment.

7. Trade lands, obtain easements or work
with land trust and governmental agen-
cies to obtain appropriate riparian areas, in
order to better manage and protect them. A
prioritized acquisition list would be a useful
tool.

8. Develop wetlands protection program to
enhance existing regulations. This would
include language related to the draining of
wetlands and potentially the identification of
the important wetlands within the water-
shed.

9. Educate appropriate industrial and commer-
cial businesses about the new "Minimal
Discharge General Permit" issued by the
Colorado Water Quality Control Division.

10. Investigate methods for cooling waste-
water before it enters the river so as not to
adversely affect river water temperatures
and the aquatic environment.

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