As part of the City’s commitment to water conservation, we will be completing updates to transition the existing City Park Pond into a reclaimed water storage facility. The pond will supply irrigation water for City Park’s turf and landscapes. Reclaimed water is wastewater that has been treated and cleaned. While it is safe for irrigation, it is not considered potable water.
Changes were made to reclaimed storage requirements monitored by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and beginning in 2019 the City Park Pond was unable to be used as a reclaimed storage site without modifications. To meet the new requirements, the pond will be disconnected from the stormwater system to have an impervious liner installed so reclaimed water is completely separated from the Big Dry Creek stream system. To learn more about the standard to which reclaimed water is treated, click here.
City Park Pond was drained in 2023. Throughout the remainder of 2024, crews will remove excess sediment from the pond, regrade the surfaces, and install a pond liner as soon as May and begin refilling the pond later this year. The excavated material is being placed north of the baseball fields to dry out before final disposal or reuse. Other improvements will be made as needed.
The Reclaimed Water System carries treated wastewater from the Reclaimed Water Plant to 121 irrigation customers throughout the city. Although this water is treated, it’s not treated to drinking water standards, so it falls under CDPHE’s Regulation 84.
The essential reclaimed water system reduces the demand on the City’s drinking water supply and helps us meet the City’s irrigation needs during the peak usage months in the summer.
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