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Aurora Water proposes ban on private graywater systems, citing Prairie Waters debt and duplicate infrastructure
Summary
Aurora Water presented a proposed ordinance to strengthen an existing ban on private graywater reuse systems, arguing the city's Prairie Waters system relies on developer connection fees to pay off long‑term debt and that private systems would duplicate infrastructure and require incentives the city cannot provide.
Aurora Water General Manager Marshall Brown told the council on Oct. 6 that staff is proposing to strengthen an existing ordinance that restricts individual graywater reuse systems within the city.
Brown said the issue traces to investments the city made during the 2002 drought to build a centralized reuse system called Prairie Waters. ‘‘The cost, the debt associated with Prairie Waters is still…
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