More than 11 million gallons of water a year could be pumped out of the ground from two future wells at the proposed site for a new Buc-ee’s Travel Center adjacent to Interstate 25 near Monument Hill. One of the wells could be drilled as deep as 2,250 feet into the Arapahoe aquifer layer of the geological formation, the Denver Basin.
The location is the same place most recently under consideration by the town of Palmer Lake before Buc-ee’s withdrew its application for annexation in February.
Many area residents are opposed to the proposed mega travel plaza. Their concerns include ongoing groundwater depletion and the effects of large-capacity wells on their groundwater supply…