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Alamosa council advances ordinance to prohibit graywater use amid capacity concerns

Alamosa City Council · December 22, 2025
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Summary

The Alamosa City Council held a public hearing Dec. 17 and moved Ordinance 26-2025 — which would prohibit graywater use and installation of graywater treatment systems in the city — forward after staff and the city’s land-use director described regulatory, technical and staffing challenges.

The Alamosa City Council on Dec. 17 moved forward Ordinance 26-2025, a proposal to prohibit graywater use and the installation of graywater treatment works within Alamosa, after a public hearing and unanimous council vote.

City Attorney Miss Sanchez told the council that a state rule change shifts the presumption so that jurisdictions must prohibit graywater unless they affirmatively allow it by Jan. 1. "We are not ready to allow any graywater usage to happen by January 1," she said, citing the…

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