"I support
Colorado Springs taking the water it owns from Pueblo Reservoir,
for their business futures, and for ours. I support Colorado
Springs on SDS."
-- Pat Pate, Pate Construction, Pueblo
Pueblo Dam
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A pipeline from Pueblo Dam is the most cost effective
option among the hundreds of possible combinations we’ve considered
for delivering the water we need for our future. A pipeline from
Pueblo Dam makes sense because it:
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Makes use of water rights we already own on the
Arkansas River. Some of the other proposals we considered would
require using water from areas where we don’t own water
rights. |
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Follows the shortest, most direct route for delivering the
water needed for our future. |
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Will increase our overall system reliability in the event
other parts of our system need maintenance or repair. |
However, if we elect not to build our pipeline though Pueblo County
then our next choice is to build the pipeline through Fremont County
– Alternative 7 in the Draft EIS published by the Bureau of
Reclamation – using our existing water rights.
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