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Centennial district to lease water
Highlands Ranch now will have increased water rights, thanks to the Castle Rock Town Council's unanimous approval of an intergovernmental agreement with Centennial Water and Sanitation District in Highlands Ranch to lease wastewater return flows to the district.
By By: Susan Dage-Ruby
Highlands Ranch now will have increased water rights, thanks to the Castle Rock Town Council's unanimous approval of an intergovernmental agreement with Centennial Water and Sanitation District in Highlands Ranch to lease wastewater return flows to the district.
The district plans to use between 500 and 1,000 more acre-feet of water a year.
"This lease gives us the ability to increase the amount of water we pull from the Chatfield Reservoir," said John Hendrick, general manager of Centennial Water and Sanitation District, which is responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment for Highlands Ranch.
The agreement is year-to-year, and the district has offered a fair price for the water, said Stan Brown director of public works.
The town depends on about 90 percent of its water supply form the Denver Basin aquifers. The nontributary water has no claims on it after if has been treated and released into East Plum Creek by Castle Rock, Brown said.
The lease of the water should generate an estimated $90,000-$120,000 a year, Brown said. The money could be earmarked to apply toward construction of the re-use system, thus helping the town achieve its long-term goal of building a wastewater re-use system and using that water for irrigation purposes.
A Plum Creek Wastewater Authority study last year identified possible uses of wastewater, which included the construction of a Castle Rock reservoir and piping system for irrigation.
The estimated cost would be $26 million for the complete system, and it could be in place in 10-20 years, said Will Koger, Castle Rock engineer.
The district plans to use between 500 and 1,000 more acre-feet of water a year.
"This lease gives us the ability to increase the amount of water we pull from the Chatfield Reservoir," said John Hendrick, general manager of Centennial Water and Sanitation District, which is responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment for Highlands Ranch.
The agreement is year-to-year, and the district has offered a fair price for the water, said Stan Brown director of public works.
The town depends on about 90 percent of its water supply form the Denver Basin aquifers. The nontributary water has no claims on it after if has been treated and released into East Plum Creek by Castle Rock, Brown said.
The lease of the water should generate an estimated $90,000-$120,000 a year, Brown said. The money could be earmarked to apply toward construction of the re-use system, thus helping the town achieve its long-term goal of building a wastewater re-use system and using that water for irrigation purposes.
A Plum Creek Wastewater Authority study last year identified possible uses of wastewater, which included the construction of a Castle Rock reservoir and piping system for irrigation.
The estimated cost would be $26 million for the complete system, and it could be in place in 10-20 years, said Will Koger, Castle Rock engineer.
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