"Fountain Creek Watershed Flood Control District"

Bill Banks was named Executive Director of the Fountain Creek Watershed Flood Control and Greenway District in March 2020. He began his career as a hydrologist in 1987 at the U.S. Geological Surveyheadquarters in Reston, VA., then moved to Baltimore where he led numerous local and regional projects in and around the Chesapeake Bay. Banks worked on local and national issues such as the fate and transport of agricultural chemicals, bacteria and viruses in groundwater, as well as studying volatile organic compounds in public water supplies.

In 2015, he moved to Colorado to manage the southeast Colorado office of the USGS water-science center. Banks has a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and a Master of Science degree in business administration. For the past 15 years Banks has focused on sediment, both its source and movement in rivers and lakes.

About the Fountain Creek Watershed Flood Control and Greenway District:

The District's work, through a collaborative effort between many organizations, focuses on protecting, preserving and enhancing our waterways for the benefit of citizens and our natural habitat throughout the region for today and future generations. We care about clean and safe waterways, water quality, and enhancing the ability to fish and recreate in our waterways for improved quality of life for all. 

Learn more at:   www.fountain-crk.com