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Colorado Springs Utilities tells Lake County it has no immediate plans to alter Homestake; outlines conservation and storage goals
Summary
Colorado Springs Utilities officials told the Lake County Board their Arkansas Basin planning includes conservation and modest storage projects over decades, said the Homestake Reservoir as currently configured is not slated for changes, and offered to coordinate on local flow projects such as Lake Fork Creek.
Colorado Springs Utilities officials briefed the Lake County Board of County Commissioners on basinwide planning, saying any major project would require years of study and environmental permitting and that the utility currently has no immediate projects planned in Lake County.
Kim Gortz, manager of water resources for Colorado Springs Utilities, told commissioners the utility’s integrated system can serve about 95,000 acre-feet and current demands are roughly 70,000 acre-feet. “Most of our work is down in the Lower Arkansas,” Gortz said, describing a mix of reservoir work and agricultural water-sharing programs that the utility expects to add…
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