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Wildwing residents and Metro District warn of threatened non‑potable water cutoff and proposed 250% rate increase
Summary
Speakers at Timnath's June 9 meeting warned that North Weld County Water District sent a May 15 letter threatening to shut off Wildwing's non‑potable system on June 18 unless the Metro District signs a proposed agreement. The Metro District says the terms conflict with earlier service agreements and homeowners were not directly notified.
At the Timnath Town Council meeting on June 9, John Troka, president of the Wildwing Metro District, told council the district received a May 15 letter from North Weld County Water District indicating it would shut off the community’s non‑potable water system on June 18 unless the Metro District agreed to a proposed letter agreement.
Troka said the draft agreement would raise non‑potable water rates by about 250% for Wildwing customers and would impose conditions the Metro District lacks authority to accept. "North Weld indicated it would shut off the community's non‑potable water system on June 18th," Troka said. He told council the Metro District's remaining role is paying debt and maintaining parks (excluding the town's Wildwing Town Park) and that legal counsel had advised the Metro District it could not sign because the proposal conflicts with the community's non‑potable service agreement negotiated in 2007 and amended in 2012.
Resident Edith Matasic also addressed council, saying the new Wildwing park is being watered twice daily while individual homeowners are trying to cut back and conserve. She asked whether the town could help by sharing water or otherwise avoiding loss of landscaping residents have invested in.
Council did not take formal action on the matter during the meeting. Troka said only the Metro District had been notified to date; homeowners had not received direct notices about the threatened non‑potable cutoff. Troka urged transparent notice and said residents support conservation but expect contracted water delivery obligations to be honored.
No timetable for town intervention was announced during the meeting; Troka said the Metro District has responded through legal counsel and declined to sign the proposed agreement.
