Watershed Assessment
The Watershed Rapid Assessment Program (WRAP) is a data collection and summary tool to bring together several disparate datasets that exist across multiple state and federal agencies into a single assessment interface. The tool streamlines the assessment processes for Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) staff and other stakeholders by creating a “one-stop-shop” for watershed related information to improve efficiency.
The WRAP tool was recently expanded to include a reporting module specific to the development of a template for a watershed-based management plan that is compliant with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) nine-element management plan requirements. The reporting module summarizes selected information into a customized PDF that can be exported for further use.
Application
- Streamlined access to relevant watershed data and summaries at HUC 12 and larger levels from publicly available federal, state, and local resources
- Ability to query water quality data and related information for an area of interest
- Development of rapid watershed assessment reports for predefined or customized watershed levels
- Development of watershed-based management plans
- Outline regional water quality concerns at the basin level and strategies to address them
Stakeholders
- CDPHE Nonpoint Source Program
- Designated Planning Agencies
- 319 Program
Resources