Englewood details City Ditch piping cost‑recovery plan and agrees IGA option with Littleton over historic flume

Englewood presented a capital‑cost recovery methodology for the City Ditch piping project and approved a revised intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the City of Littleton that gives Littleton the option to preserve or remove a historic flume with reimbursement up to $100,000.

The City Ditch piping project, which will enclose remaining open‑channel sections between Chatfield Reservoir and the Allen Water Treatment Plant, is intended to improve aesthetics, reliability, safety and reduce maintenance for the water system, Englewood staff said. Stephanie Ellis, an engineer with Englewood Utilities, told the board the phase‑2 final design and construction costs may be partially reimbursed by contract users who take irrigation water from the ditch under longstanding contracts with Denver Water.

The proposed cost‑recovery methodology,…