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Donala Water and Sanitation District Month-to-Month Water Services Agreement
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From:
Jerry Forte, P.E., CEO, Colorado Springs Utilities
Summary:
Colorado Springs Utilities will be requesting City Council approval of a resolution authorizing it to execute a month-to-month water service contract to convey Donala Water and Sanitation District owned water to its water service area until the Southern Delivery System is commercially operational.
Previous Council Action:
Donala Water and Sanitation District has been the beneficiary of a City Council approved special contract for water services with Colorado Springs Utilities since 2011.
Background:
Donala Water and Sanitation District (Donala) is a Colorado statutory water and sanitation district with a service area located generally in the area of Gleneagle outside of, but adjacent to, the City of Colorado Springs. Donala currently serves a customer base of approximately 2,600 taps in the Colorado Springs metropolitan area.
Donala has been actively pursuing avenues to limit its dependence on groundwater sources it currently uses to serve its customers. Donala has purchased and adjudicated renewable water rights and is currently conveying those water rights to its water services area utilizing a water services contract it has had with Colorado Springs Utilities (Utilities) since 2011.
The existing short term water services contract between Utilities and Donala will expire on December 31, 2015. Donala has requested a month-to-month water services contract to be able to convey its water until such time as the Southern Delivery System (SDS) becomes commercially available. Donala has further requested to have the month-to-month contract in place after SDS becomes commercially operational. In order to continue the month-to-month water services contract after SDS becomes commercially operational, Donala must obtain permission from both Bureau of Reclamation and Pueblo...
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