Aurora Water selected a new proposed project site for a new reservoir, which will go in Park County to help the city plan for future growth and water needs.
The Wild Horse Reservoir project is Aurora Water’s proposal to build an off-channel reservoir near Hartsel in Park County to ensure reliable water supply into the future as Aurora grows, according to the project website.
In a year of record low snowpack, conversations about future water needs across Colorado are front and center for water officials, and Colorado as a whole anticipates needing about 400,000 acre-feet, or more than 130 billion gallons, of new water storage in the next 20 years, according to Aurora Water’s assistant general manager, Sarah Young…