February 15, 2008--Water rates could climb 126% by 2015 (Colorado Springs Gazette)
Residential water rates in Colorado Springs will more than double by 2015 to pay for a city project to pipe water from Pueblo Reservoir, according to a Bureau of Reclamation study. Colorado Springs’ partners in the pipeline project, Fountain and Security, would see their rates rise 63 percent and 171 percent, respectively. The forecast is in documents the bureau released recently ahead of the Southern Delivery System’s long-awaited draft Environmental Impact Statement. The project would increase the city’s water supply by a third, meeting demand until at least 2046.
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