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BMP ID: 6088
Title: Choose well sites in areas with lowest potential impacts
Text: Collaborative Plans of Development (POD): Well site design and construction: "[Choose] the location of well sites/development pads in areas with the lowest potential for impact to water quality and visual aesthetics, using the information in the hydrological and visual studies"
Source Publication Name: Watershed Plan for the Town of Palisade and the City of Grand Junction Colorado
Citation Section: Best Management Practices for Risk Mitigation to Protect Watersheds
Citation Page: 19
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
Oil / Gas Field: Piceance Basin (UINTA-PICEANCE)
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: Town of Palisade Public Works Director
Phone:970.464.1116     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact: City of Grand Junction Public Works and Utilities Director
Phone:970.256.4076     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail: 
Categories: Water Quality and Pollution
Visual Aesthetics
Location: Colorado
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Date Entered: 2009-08-12 13:38 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-09-16 12:08 UTC