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Regional Partnerships


"The Southern Delivery System will greatly benefit the Security community . . . this project will help us ensure our customers have high quality water for our homes, offices and schools for many years to come."
— Roy Heald, Utilities Director, Security


"SDS will benefit Pueblo West by providing a back-up system for our water supply and supplementing the delivery of high-quality water to our community in a cost-effective manner."
— Don Saling, District Manager, Pueblo West Metropolitan District


"SDS allows us to use the water we own the rights to from the Arkansas River, which is higher quality than well water. It also helps Fountain fulfill its mission of providing our residents the highest quality water at reasonable prices."
— Larry Patterson, Utilities Director, City of Fountain

Regional Partnerships

The Southern Delivery System is a regional project, with regional benefits. And we’ve taken a regional approach to the project from the beginning:

• We’re partnering with Fountain, Security and Pueblo West. Fountain and Security will receive water from SDS under any of the scenarios being considered. Pueblo West’s ability to benefit from SDS depends on approval of a pipeline that draws water directly from Pueblo Reservoir through a pipeline beginning at Pueblo Dam.
• In 2003, Pueblo and Colorado Springs and numerous other government entities signed the Arkansas River Water Preservation Principles, a foundation for how the communities will work together to create a more formal agreement regarding water issues of mutual interest.
• In 2004, Pueblo and Colorado Springs and many other water providers implemented these principles by signing two agreements outlining how the two communities will proceed collaboratively on SDS and other water-related issues. Colorado Springs agreed to a regional flow-management program ensuring more consistent year-round flows on the river through Pueblo. In return, the City of Pueblo agreed to support our preferred alternative for SDS, connecting the project pipeline to Pueblo Dam. Our agreements with the City of Pueblo are tied to the success of a Southern Delivery System from Pueblo Dam.
• We’re investing heavily and partnering with other communities throughout the 927-square-mile Fountain Creek Watershed to improve the condition of Fountain Creek.