How does Colorado Springs Utilities deliver water to your home?
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Our customers are fortunate to have one of the finest sources of water in the nation…the Rocky Mountains. Nearly 75 percent of our water comes directly from snowmelt near the Continental Divide, making our customers primarily first-time users of the water.
Being first-time users means that the water has not been previously treated, consumed and recycled for use; therefore, it is free of many chemicals and pollutants.
Water service statistics
- Number of customers: 133,463 active water meters
- Annual water use: 23.7 billion gallons (31,570,091 CCF)
- Peak demand on a single day: 182,405,000 gallons (July 2001)
- Miles of distribution pipe main: 2,010
- Number of storage reservoirs: 29
- Number of treatment facilities: 5
Figures based on the 2010D Official Statement.
Water Equivalents Table
| 1 cubic foot |
7.48 gallons |
| 1 acre foot |
43,560 feet or 325,851 gallons |
| 1 cubic foot per second |
449 gallons per minute |
| 1 cfs |
646,317 gallons per day |
| 1 million gallons |
3.07 acre feet |
| 1 million gallons per day (MGD) |
1,121 acre feet per year |
| 1,000 gallons per minute |
2.23 cfs |
| 1 MGD |
1.547 cfs |
| 1 MGD |
694 gallons per minute |
| An acre foot of water covers 1 acre of land 1 foot deep |