Project Description

Core Components

The components in the illustration below are the backbone of SDS. The core project consists of:

A connection to the North Outlet Works of Pueblo Dam
62 miles of underground raw and treated water pipeline
3 pump stations – the Juniper Pump Station near Pueblo Dam and the Bradley and Williams Creek pump stations in El Paso County.
A 50 million-gallons-per-day water treatment plant.
Colorado Springs Utilities and the other project partners can deliver water to our customers after building these components.

The estimated cost of these core components is $880 million in 2009 dollars.