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Carbondale officials outline $2M water-resiliency push, seek DOLA match
Summary
Town staff and trustees told the Carbondale Environmental Board they submitted a capital plan and a DOLA grant request to reinforce the Roaring Park treatment plant and backstop the municipal water system; the project could top $2 million with a potential DOLA match and local utility funds. Board members flagged drought risk and regional Colorado River EIS scenarios.
Carbondale town staff updated the Environmental Board on a multi-year plan to strengthen the town's water system and reduce operational vulnerability, including a request for state matching funds through the Department of Local Affairs.
Scott, speaking during the trustee/staff briefing, said the town packaged a capital framework aiming to spread upgrades over several years and submitted a DOLA application that could provide up to $1,000,000 in matching funds. "We put together this capital framework to build on this resiliency plan," Scott said. "It'd be a little over a $2,000,000 project that we're requesting to do with the million…
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