WSP04032

• File Number: 8027
• Description: Section D General Correspondence - Federal Agencies - BOR - Upper Colorado Region - Salt Lake City
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 4/18/1975
• Author: DOI-BOR-USGS
• Title: Press Releases 1975
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: News Article/Press Release

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IN REPLY REFER TO:

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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Denver Federal Center
Denver, Colorado 80225
Water Resources Division
Colorado District

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July 27, 1975

RECEIVED

INFORMATION FOR THE PRESS

COLO. WATER
OONSERVATlON BOARD

SUBJECT:

Water quality in mountainous Jefferson County.

RELEASE DATE: ~ Immediately

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:

J. E. Biesecker, District Chief
Water Resources Division
U.S. Geological Survey
Bldg. 25, Denver Federal Center
Lakewood, Colorado 80225
Telephone: [phone]

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Dr. Carl J. Johnson, Director
Jefferson County Health .Department
260 South Kipling
Lakewood,Colorado 80226

Telephone: [phone]

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If you live south of Evergreen in Jefferson County, you may be asked to
participate in a water-quality study. The data-collection phase of the
study has begun and will continue until late in 1975 or early 1976. The
study is a cooperative project between the Jefferson County Health De-
partment and the U.S. Geological Survey.

The relationship between waste-water treatment systems and quality of
the ground water will be studied in parts of three communities: Ever-
green Meadows, Herzman Mesa, and Marshdale. Also, information will be
obtained on trace-element and radiochemical concentrations in the ground
water, and seasonal changes in water quality and water levels will be
measured.

Residents may be asked for permission to sample their wells and, in some
cases, for permission to sample septic tanks or aeration systems and
leach fields. The leach fields will be sampled by means of specially
constructed 10-foot observation wells. Knowledge gained from the study
will be useful in planning construction of efficient water systems and
obtaining safe water supplies. The residents of this and similar re-
gions will benefit from the.study and are asked to cooperate with field
workers of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Jefferson County Health
Department.

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Field workers will carry identification
credentials. Cooperation is voluntary.
be available to well o..mers, and ,after
in 1976, a report will be published.

and will gladly show their
Results of water analyses will
completion of the project late

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