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Wellington adopts updated water and wastewater impact fees, adds non-potable category
Summary
Trustees adopted new 2026 capital investment (impact) fees for water and wastewater, creating a separate lower fee for developments using non-potable irrigation systems and increasing potable system fees to reflect capacity valuation and capital costs.
Wellington — The Board of Trustees adopted Ordinance No. 02-2026 on Feb. 24 to update capital-investment (impact) fees for water and wastewater connections and to add a new non-potable system category.
Megan Smith, deputy director of public works, said Colorado law requires that impact fees reflect the quantifiable impact of new development on utility capital facilities. Staff replicated the 2022 hybrid capacity-based methodology and updated system valuations,…
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