Click the link to read the article on the Pagosa Springs Sun website (Josh Pike). Here’s an excerpt:
At its March 9 meeting, the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) Board of Directors ap- proved a 20-year capital investment plan for the district. At the meeting, board president Jim Smith highlighted the amount of work that had gone into the plan and the document’s effectiveness in showing the elements of PAWSD’s system and its mission. The plan details the improvements and replacements that will be needed to maintain and keep the PAWSD system operational over the next 20 years.
Among the largest items are an expected $50,760,382 in upgrades to the Vista wastewater treatment plant to upgrade equipment and maintain compliance with state regulations, an expected $45,982,570 for the construction of the new and expanded Snowball Water Treatment Plant, and an expected $10,969,000 in distribution system costs, much of which will be spent on replacing aging water mains and fire hydrants as well as the addition of a new pump station and the repainting of water storage tanks.