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Phase I construction of 62-mile SDS pipeline under way (access required)

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 of the Pueblo [...] [...]

Southern Delivery System backers celebrate

by Associated Press Published: August 19,2011

Tags: celebration, Colorado Springs Utilities, Pueblo, Southern Delivery System

Officials in four towns are celebrating the start of construction on one of the largest water projects in Colorado in years. The Southern Delivery System project will build a pipeline, three pump stations and a water treatment plant to deliver water from Pueblo Reservoir to Pueblo West, Colorado Springs, Security and Fountain for an estimated $880 [...] [...]

City Council: Where members stand on city issues (access required)

by Jonathan Easley Published: April 8,2011

Tags: City Council, Memorial, Southern Delivery System

Voters this week elected six new members and one incumbent to the Colorado Springs City Council. The new council will be responsible for confirming the mayor’s appointees, appointing the Memorial Health System board of directors, overseeing Colorado Springs Utilities and fielding citizen complaints, among other duties. Here’s a look at where the new city council stands on [...] [...]

Utilities holds contractor workshop tomorrow (access required)

by Amy Gillentine Published: May 5,2010

Tags: Colorado Springs Utilities, Contractors, Southern Delivery System, workshops

Colorado Springs Utilities is holding a series of workshops for contractors and businesses interested in working on the Southern Delivery System project. Workshops on the water project – which will bring water from the Pueblo Reservoir into Colorado Springs – will be held in El Paso, Pueblo and Fremont Counties. The El Paso County workshop is [...] [...]

Regional contractors selected for SDS projects (access required)

by John Hazlehurst Published: April 16,2010

Tags: Southern Delivery System

A regional team of contractors will build the Pueblo Dam connection for the Southern Delivery System - a pipeline that will bring water from the Arkansas River in Pueblo to El Paso County. [...]

City approves Southern Delivery System (access required)

by John Hazlehurst Published: July 23,2009

Tags: Southern Delivery System

By an 8-1 vote on Wednesday afternoon, the City Council, acting as the Utilities Board, approved the construction of the long-planned southern delivery system to bring water from Pueblo Reservoir to Colorado Springs, Fountain, and Pueblo West. The first phase of the project, with an estimated cost of $880 million, was previously scheduled for completion during [...] [...]

Sailing the Springs could happen soon (access required)

We have a mountain, let’s get a big lake to go with it. As part of the Southern Delivery System, a new water storage reservoir is in the plans. Projections are that by 2018 there will be a 760-acre reservoir 14 miles southeast of town. This lake would be more than 10 times the size of [...] [...]

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