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Cheyenne approves user agreement allowing Gold King Mine to draw from Crystal Reservoir under outside-user terms

Cheyenne City Council · December 31, 2025
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The council approved a user agreement letting Gold King Mine draw water from Crystal Reservoir under an outside-user fee and subject to curtailment after an earlier plan to build four wells and a pipeline failed when two landowners denied easements.

The Cheyenne City Council approved a new user agreement between Gold King Mine and the Board of Public Utilities that allows the mine to draw water from Crystal Reservoir under an outside-user arrangement, a council member said. "We did approve a new user agreement between Gold King Mine and the Board of Public Utilities," Dr. Mark Rene said in a November update.

The mayor’s office and utility staff previously negotiated a proposal in which Gold King would develop four wells on the Belvoir Ranch…

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