Where Does Water Come From

where does Colorado springs water come from?
75% of water that supplys Colorado springs is snow melt coming down in streams and rivers to the turquoise lake then goes through ortero pipeline making its way to homesteak pipeline then going to the water treatment plant then to the citizens. the other 25% comes from surface and groundwater such as these examples of are surface and ground water

Surface Water

• Pikes Peak Northern and Southern Slopes
• Cheyenne Creeks
• Fountain Creek
• Peakview Reservoir in Monument
• Northfield Watershed

Ground Water

• Arapahoe (4 wells)
• Denver (1 well)
• Laramie-Fox Hills (1 well)
• Widefield (4 wells