PROJ00300

• Contract/PO #: C153643
• Contractor Name: Morgan County Quality Water District
• Water District: 0
• County: Morgan
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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The Colorado Department of Health has set mandatory limits for certain

chemical constituents in public water supplies. The presence of the follow-

ing substances in excess of the concentrations listed shall constitute

grounds for rejection of the supply:

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Substance

Concentra tion
in mg/l

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Arsenic (As)
Barium (Ba)- - - - - -
Cadmium (Cd) - - -
Chromium (Hexavalent) (Cr + 6)
Cyanide (CN) - - - -
Fluoride (F) - - - - - - -
Lead (Pb)- - - - - - -
Selenium (Se)-
Silver (Ag)- - -

0.05.
1.0
0.01
0.05
0.2
2.4
O.OS
0.01
0.05

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Not only is it important to determine the existing quality of ground

water within each aquifer, but also to predict the changes which might be

expected in the future. Such changes are often dependent upon past activi-

ties of others and therefore outside the control of those proposing to

use the water.

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Camp Creek Alluvium

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Camp Greek is an intermittent stream tributary to the South Platte
River which heads in the northern portion of TIS, R53W, in western Washington
County. It flows generally northwestward entering the South Platte River
in eastern Morgan County near Hillrose.

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Investigations of the Camp Creek alluvium included study of drillers'

logs of test holes and wells in the area. In addition, the Morgan County

Quality Water Association had eight test holes drilled specifically for

this study in 1973.

General geology and hydrology

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The Camp Creek alluvial aquifer is underlain by the Pierre shale, of

late Cretaceous Age. The alluvium occupies an ancestral channel in the

shale. The Pierre shale ranges from 3000 to 4500 feet in thickness and is

essentially impermeable.

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M. W, BITTINGER AND ASSOCIATES, INC.