Owns the water
State law and the state engineer's office decide who has the right to a stream in a given year.
Water provider · local
Colorado Springs Utilities
Community-owned, not-for-profit municipal utility providing water, electric, gas, and wastewater service to Colorado Springs, which imports Colorado River basin water by transmountain diversion; the utility states that nearly 70% of its water is sourced from that basin once reuse is counted.
Local to Arkansas, Colorado
Their role in the four decisions
How to read Colorado Springs Utilities
Plans ahead
Basin roundtables and statewide planning set priorities for supply, rivers, and agriculture.
Pays for the work
State grant programs and statewide funds pay for most local water projects.
Does it on the ground
Colorado Springs Utilities does the on-the-ground work: delivering, treating, restoring, or monitoring water locally.
Neighborhood
Who they work with
Each relationship below is read off a public page, not inferred.
PARTNERSHIP
Colorado Springs Utilities and the Board of Water Works of Pueblo (Pueblo Water) hold an intergovernmental agreement to cost-share feasibility studies for expanding Clear Creek Reservoir.
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