Frequently Asked Question

 

  • Where Can I Find Information About My Well?

 

In the Quick Links list (right side) of the Division of Water Resources site, click on DWR Online Mapping (Well Permit Locator). To start, click here.

 

 

 

A Great Thirst

An ongoing series on the Pikes Peak region's

water dilemma -

Gazette Reporters

 
-- Recent articles --
 
Clck the image below for more articles in the series
 
 

 

 

Protect Our Wells (POW)

is a Colorado non-profit, citizen-based organization formed to advocate the interests of residents with private wells in the Denver Basin Aquifers. (more)

 

Visit exhibits like this from last year - Colorado Springs Utilities

Join us for the Protect Our Wells Open House this month.

 

 

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for more information >>>>>

We invite you to take this time to get information about:

 

    • your well
    • the location of the four Denver Basin Aquifers (Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe, and Laramie Fox-Hills)
    • state and local water issues
    • how and if you fit into the big picture
    • where all the developments are in the county
    • state and local water officials
    • Protect Our Wells - who we are, what we are doing, how it affects you and your well

 

Got ideas about solving groundwater problems? Bring your solutions to the Open House on August 25th. You can remain anonymous. Note: "Stop growth" is not an option.

 

 

 

Grant Proposal to Monitor Denver Basin Aquifers

 

What Is The Primary Purpose?

Protect Our Wells is proposing a local network of existing and new monitoring wells to measure water levels and monitor changes in the bedrock aquifers of the southern portion of the Denver Basin and identify areas that are likely to be subject to depletions.

 

Why Is It Needed?

One of the major findings from SWSI identified that an "increased reliance on nonrenewable, nontributary groundwater for permanent water supply brings serious reliability and sustainability concerns to some areas, particularly along the Front Range." There is little information available on the available water within the bedrock aquifers or the degree at which it is being depleted in rural areas.

 

 

Click here for more details.

 

 

 

 

These are some of our previous programs.

 

  • March 23, 2008 - Overview of POW's Grant Proposal
  • November 19, 2007 - OPEN HOUSE
  • August 27, 2007 - Denver Basin
  • June 4, 2007 - Septic Systems

 

Click here for more information

 

 

 

 

 

OPEN HOUSE

 

Date: Monday, August 25th

Time:7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

 

Location: 8292 East Woodmen Valley Road

(Woodmen Valley Chapel)

Click here to see a map

 

  • Kip Petersen - Cherokee Metropolitan Water District
  • Sean Chambers - Sunset Metropolitan Water District
  • Lynne Bliss - Falcon/Peyton Small Area Master Plan
  • Black Forest Land Use Committee

 

August 2008

 

Features:

 

  • Leglislative Report
  • Sterling Ranch

 

Click here for more newsletters

 

 

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Governer Signed HB-1156 - Do you know what that means to you?

Colorado General Assembly - HB 1156 (Rep. Looper / Sen. Gordan) "Concerning the Disclosure of Water Sources in Connection with the Sale of Residential Real Property"