Click the link to read the article on the Pagosa Springs Sun website (Derek Kutzer)
On March 3, 2026, the Pagosa Springs Town Council, which also sits as the board of the Pagosa Springs Sanitation General Improvement District (PSSGID), gave town staff direction to continue in its current relationship with Roaring Fork Engineering, while also engaging in a new separate contract to design and build a new wastewater treatment facility plant downtown. The council also gave town staff direction to explore the possibility of declaring its sewer system “a state of emergency.”
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Roaring Fork has identified four major project goals for the downtown treatment facility:
- Design a wastewater treatment facility which can serve the entire town population, including the ability for future expansion for either acceptance of a larger service area or PAWSD sewage.
- The wastewater treatment facility should be a community-centric facility, which includes the ability for students and community members, to interact with the site safely and learn more about wastewater treatment and operations.
- The building should be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified, integrate into the natural landscape (green roof ), include renewable energy when possible and be designed by a local architect who understands the community’s infrastructure.
- The treatment processes should be progressive, forward-thinking and regulatory resilient, energy-efficient, and long-term sustainable for a small community to operate. This shall include the ability to treat wastewater to nonpotable reuse standards for localized irrigation on properties nearby.