SDS still offering contracts 
The Southern Delivery System could mean big business for local contractors, even though major portions of work have already been promised to out-of-state firms. [...]
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SDS still offering contracts
Phase I construction of 62-mile SDS pipeline under way
by Amy Gillentine Published: September 2,2011
Tags: SDS, Southern Delivery System, water
A big party at the Pueblo Dam last month marked the start of construction of the Southern Delivery System But not everyone is celebrating. Government leaders in Pueblo are holding their breath, hoping that the controversy that plagued the project is gone for good. “But we’ll have to wait and see,” said John Cordova, chairman [...] [...]
Utilities looking for businesses to work on SDS
by Amy Gillentine Published: July 13,2011
Tags: business, Colorado Springs Utilities, SDS
Colorado Springs Utilities is looking for a few good businesses to work on the Southern Delivery System. The municipal utility is hosting its annual business opportunities workshop Thursday, July 14 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Leon Young Service Center, 1521 Hancock Expressway. The free event will give subcontractors the chance to meet [...] [...]
CSU mounts pre-election media blitz to promote SDS
by Jonathan Easley Published: April 1,2011
Tags: SDS
The $880 million, 62-mile Southern Delivery System pipeline that will move water from the Pueblo Reservoir to Colorado Springs has survived the past eight City Councils and carries the support of virtually every political heavyweight in the region. But there’s a nightmare possibility for Colorado Springs Utilities: What if voters elect a Council next week [...] [...]
SDS shaping into election issue amid Banning Lewis bankruptcy
by John Hazlehurst Published: November 5,2010
Tags: SDS
The midterm elections are over but in five months, residents of the Springs will choose a new mayor and six new council members and one issue may overshadow every other: the Banning Lewis Ranch bankruptcy and its impact on the Southern Delivery System. The successful passage of the “strong mayor” initiative this week gives the [...] [...]
SDS project tours offered
by Becky Hurley Published: October 15,2010
Tags: Colorado Springs Utilities, SDS, tours
Colorado Springs Utilities will host tours of the Southern Delivery System project along with an information update for business, civic and community leaders. The dates of the SDS one-day tour are: Thursday, October 28, 2010 Friday, November 12, 2010 Thursday, December 2, 2010 Participants will check in at Mesa Conservation Center, 2855 Mesa Road, Colorado [...] [...]
Utility rates could jump higher with Amend. 60
by John Hazlehurst Published: September 3,2010
Tags: Amendment 60, SDS, Utilities, water
Colorado voters this November will decide whether to approve Amendment 60, which would require Colorado Springs Utilities and other government-owned enterprises statewide to begin paying property taxes. That’s the intended aim of the initiative. The unintended consequence? While rolling back property taxes for homeowners, the amendment will at the same time force CSU to raise [...] [...]
Council approves water rate increases to pay for SDS
by John Hazlehurst Published: May 11,2010
Tags: SDS, water rates
City Council voted 8-1 today to give approval to two water rate increases to pay for the long-planned Southern Delivery System. The increases, each amounting to 12 percent, will take effect during 2011 and 2012. Planned increases through 2016 will almost double existing rates. The lone opposing vote came from Councilman Tom Gallagher who said [...] [...]
Southern Delivery System: A billion-dollar gambit
by John Hazlehurst Published: May 8,2010
Tags: Hazlehurst, SDS
A “Black Swan” event, according to Nassim Taleb’s popular 2007 book, has three attributes. “First, it is an outlier,” Taleb wrote, “as it lies outside the realm of regular expectations, because nothing in the past can convincingly point to its possibility. Second, it carries an extreme impact. Third, in spite of its outlier status, human [...] [...]
SDS will deliver major benefits for decades
We’re on the verge of beginning construction of the Southern Delivery System, one of the most important water projects in Colorado and the history of our city. The Colorado Springs City Council approved moving forward with SDS construction in order to begin delivering water in 2016. This project will provide the water we’ll need through [...] [...]
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