COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A proposed Swire Coca-Cola bottling facility in Colorado Springs could use more than 1.5 million gallons of water per day at full build-out, according to internal Colorado Springs Utilities documents obtained by KRDO13 Investigates through a Colorado Open Records Act request.
This comes as the company moves forward with plans for a new manufacturing facility at Peak Innovation Park near the Colorado Springs Airport.
In March, Swire Coca-Cola announced it had broken ground on the $475 million, 620,000-square-foot facility. The company says the project will create 170 jobs and serve customers throughout the Mountain West region…