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Quarterly Progress Update, July
2009. Quarterly
Progress Update PDF Document. |
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Utilities Board Approves Moving
Forward With SDS: The Colorado Springs Utilities Board
today approved moving forward with the Preferred Alternative
– a pipeline beginning at Pueblo Dam – for the Southern
Delivery System (SDS).
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Smoother sailing for once-contentious
project. When it was up for federal approval, Colo
rado Springs Utilities’ proposed water pipeline from Pueblo
Reservoir drew more than 400 comments for and against the project.
Times. have changed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering
the last major permit for the Southern Delivery System, under
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, because pipeline construction
will impact 14.2 acres of streams and wetlands. The public comment
period ended Friday and 13 people and organizations –
12 against, one in favor – submitted comments, a possible
sign that people see the once-controversial project as a foregone
conclusion, since the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Pueblo
County have both approved it. The
Gazette, June 23, 2009. PDF Document. |
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Quarterly Progress Update, April
2009. In the past quarter, we have reached several
truly historic milestones for the Southern Delivery System.
Quarterly
Progress Update PDF Document. |
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Upper Williams Creek Reservoir:
One of the benefits of the Southern Delivery System
will be a new water storage reservoir offering recreational
opportunities in close proximity to Colorado Springs. The
SDS Preferred Alternative terminal water reservoir would be
located on Upper Williams Creek just 14 miles southeast of
downtown Colorado Springs. . . . .
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Pueblo County issues 1041 permit
for SDS: On April 21, 2009, the Pueblo Board of County
Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to issue a 1041
land-use permit for the Southern Delivery System Preferred Alternative.
Bruce McCormick, Colorado Springs Utilities Chief Water Services
Officer, expressed Colorado Springs’ gratitude to Pueblo
County for a fair and open process. “This agreement paves
the way for several communities in southern Colorado to come
together,” he said. . . . . (more) |
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Colorado Springs City Council Votes
to Recognize Pueblo County Permit Conditions: On April
14, 2009, the Colorado Springs City Council voted 8-1 in favor
of a resolution to formally recognize the commitments in the
terms and conditions of the Pueblo County 1041 land-use permit.
The resolution will preserve our ability to construct the Southern
Delivery System (SDS) Preferred Alternative - a pipeline from
Pueblo Reservoir. . . . (more) |
