Douglas County water future tied to $2.75M in federal budget

By: Noah Festenstein | The Denver Gazette

Select Douglas County water districts are poised to receive up to $2.75 million combined for projects dealing with sustainable drinking water or new pipelines.

That’s on top of $20 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding already allocated for a wastewater project in northwest Douglas County.

Back in May, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, had requested $9 million in federal funding for the Louviers Water & Sanitation District’s drinking water distribution replacement and Castle Rock Water’s Plum Creek to Reuter-Hess Reservoir pipeline projects.

On July 22, the federal House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that included $1.75 million specifically for Castle Rock’s project. The panel also advanced $1 million for the Louviers project, according to county officials.

The funding still needs the full approval of Congress, which is expected later in the year.

County commissioners had pressed for the dollars during a visit in Washington D.C. last June.

“We are pleased to see our hard work in Washington pay off for our citizens,” Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon said in a statement. “It is critically important to make sure their tax dollars come back home to Douglas County.” 

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