WQCC Rules in Favor of Restoring Protections to South Platte, Clear Creek

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WQCC Rules in Favor of Restoring Protections to South Platte, Clear Creek
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Commission votes to protect the South Platte, one of Colorado's liquid assets.

requiring the WQCC to follow its own rules regarding the twelve-parameter test. During the hearing, the City of Denver suggested that the timing of that bill, which was enacted in June, meant it did not apply to the South Platte situation.

Coors agreed with the City of Denver that even if the WQCC determined that the use-protected rule was inconsistent with regulations, replacing the designation requires a second rulemaking hearing. The EPA had approved the WQCC’s 2020 decision, but as the EPA's David Moon explained, that was because the EPA applied federal rules, which are much less stringent, since the WQCC had acted outside its rules.

“These urban rivers provide opportunities for the youth to spend time in nature and have been the starting place for many lifelong paddlers,” said Kestrel Kunz, Southern Rockies associate stewardship director for. “The benefits of these rivers go far beyond on-water recreation. The South Platte segments run through Commerce City and North Denver, which are home to many low-income populations that have been disproportionately affected by poor, poor water quality for years.

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