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Colorado Springs Council votes to opt out of statewide graywater reuse rule
Summary
Council voted 9-0 to adopt an ordinance prohibiting on-site graywater reuse in Colorado Springs, citing inspection capacity and water-quality protections while staff evaluates a long-term, cross-agency reuse plan before January 1 state deadline.
Colorado Springs City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 25 to adopt an ordinance opting the city out of a state law that would otherwise make household graywater reuse the default. The ordinance keeps graywater reuse prohibited in the city while staff develops a coordinated, long-term program with Pikes Peak Regional Building Department and El Paso County Public Health.
Environmental Services Manager Lauren Swenson told the council that the states change shifts reuse from an opt-in to an opt-out model beginning Jan. 1 and would require…
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