Water issues in the Pikes Peak region, a high-desert plateau, have long made waves for homeowners and developers. In the latest news from that front, the long-time general manager of the Cherokee Metro District, Kip Petersen, recently resigned after 11 years on the job. Within hours of that announcement in late June, former Sunset Metropolitan [...]
Customers of the Cherokee Metropolitan District are getting hit with an 87-percent increase in their water rate and a 10-percent hike in wastewater bills. Not surprisingly, many of the district’s 18,000 customers are feeling significant sticker shock. “I’m not real happy with them right now,” said Mary Hernandez, a 30-year-plus Cimarron Hills resident. No other [...]
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