Where will the water come from? Since there is no one source and many are finite, it’s a question that undergirds almost every building project that goes to El Paso County for approval.
With the purchase by Buc-ee’s affiliates of a parcel on Monument Hill long slated for a travel center location this month, it seems increasingly likely the project will go through El Paso County’s vetting process.
Earlier this year, the former property owners applied for and received permits from the Colorado Division of Water Resources to drill two wells for commercial use, according to state records. The two wells combined give Buc-ee’s the potential to extract a total of almost 33 acre-feet per year, or almost 11 million gallons…