2nd Quarter Newsletter 2025

Water Conservation:

Spring has arrived and soon the 2025 summer irrigation season will be upon us.  The irrigation season means increased daily water production for the District, sometimes as much as 3 to 4 times that amount produced during a typical winter day. 

We believe water conservation is an integral part of our services and as such, whether it be a wet, dry or average hydrological year, water conservation is simply good stewardship.  Each year the District implements its mandatory water restriction program.  Details are below:

Watering Restrictions: June 1 through September 30 - The Mandatory Water Use Program establishes an odd-even (by service address) irrigation program with off-peak watering times (i.e. no watering between 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) that limits outdoor irrigation to three days a week per customer. Please check our website or call our office with any questions.   

Customers can expect higher monthly water bills as a result of increased outdoor water use.  As temperatures continue to get warmer, we would like to remind our customers that “overwatering” of lawns and other landscaping unnecessarily can result in increases in your water bill that could be minimized.  We know customers are anxious to get their lawns greened up and looking nice, but don’t fall victim to overwatering and end up with “sticker shock” when your water bill arrives.  Please visit our website for a complete publication of 2025 water use rates to better understand how practicing water-wise conservation measures can help keep your water usage costs manageable. 

The website also has information about our conservation program that offers suggestions and incentives for conserving water and receiving savings as a result of conservation efforts.  Watering restrictions remain a part of our conservation program as a method to assist with managing energy cost and conserving our water resources.  We thank you for your participation in this valuable program.     

With the help of our customers these restrictions should provide a noticeable reduction in peak water demands, which reduces the need for the District to invest additional capital dollars in constructing facilities for purposes of meeting short term seasonal usage peaks.  

Consumer Confidence

The EPA requires community water systems to deliver a CCR (Consumer Confidence Report), also known as an Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, to their customers. These reports provide customers with information about their local drinking water quality. The District publishes this annual CCR by mailing it directly to all residents/customers that receive a paper bill, placing it on our website (https://www.woodmoorwater.com) and via email to all residents/customers that have signed up for our email updates.  This year’s report is anticipated to be delivered to residents/customer in June.       

district construction projects

This year has been especially heavy with wrapping up construction projects from 2024 as well as new construction projects introduced in the 2025 budget.  Below is a brief synopsis of the most impactful construction projects the District is currently working on:  

-          Highway 105 Utility Relocates, Phase A:  Completed.  Thank you everyone for your patience while District and El Paso County Contractors performed the work.     

-          Highway 105 Utility Relocates, Phase B:  Design is 90% complete and similar to the Phase A work, the District plans to relocate water and sewer main lines to facilitate El Paso County’s roadway improvements from the intersection of Highway 105 and Lake Woodmoor Drive easterly to Fairplay Dr.  Although the County work continues east of Fairplay Dr., the Districts relocation activities end near Fairplay Dr.  Construction is now expected to begin late this year and wrap up sometime in 2026 ahead of the roadway improvements planned.

-          Redrill of Well 12:   The District’s Arapahoe aquifer well located at the end of Muzzleloader Way in south Woodmoor suffered a catastrophic structural failure during routine cleaning in 2023, the well was over 32 years old.  The District has contracted with Hydro Resources Rocky Mountain Inc., to drill a new Arapahoe well to the west of the existing well and pump house.  Well drilling activity will commence this month and be completed toward the end of July.  The District will notify nearby residents with more specific timelines regarding 24-hour drilling operations.  Please note, that after drilling is complete, there will be additional sitework and a small segment of transmission pipeline to connect the new well (now called 12R) to the existing well house.  We expect the entire project, including site work, to be complete by the end of August.   

-          South Tank Addition:  Located just north of the Jack Boot Way Cul-de-Sac in south Woodmoor, construction crews are working on constructing a new 650,000 gallon potable water storage tank to provide tank redundancy as well as increase the Districts available fire flow storage.  Earthwork is currently preparing the site for installation of the concrete tank.  Tank crews are anticipated to begin erecting the tank toward the end of May with the project wrapping up this fall.    

-          Throughout all the construction we’re undertaking, the District will keep customers up to date on our progress.  Customers are always welcome to call to inquire about project status.         

2025 Surface Water Operations

The District typically starts to utilize surface water from Lake Woodmoor at the beginning of June each year.  However, this year the District is holding off for a few weeks and we anticipate starting surface water operations later in the year and toward the end of June.  For those of you who have signed up for our blast e-mail service, a notification will be sent out via e-mail informing customers of the timeframe that treatment of surface water will begin.  For those of you who aren’t signed up for our blast e-mail notification service, but would like to receive e-mail notifications from the District, please visit our website at www.woodmoorwater.com. 

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