The LPWWA has made significant accomplishments towards the goal of building a rural domestic water supply system for western La Plata County. LPWWA is working towards completion of an application to the USDA to finance the project. As an initial step in this process, LPWWA has collected 660 tap commitments from property owners in the potential service area. LPWWA is now working on engineering and environmental review in order to assess the feasibility of the system and complete the USDA application. For a full update, please see the May 2010 Press Release.
The La Plata West Water Authority has overseen the construction of an intake structure in Lake Nighthorse (the Animas La Plata reservoir). The intake structure is the first phase of a rural water project that will some day provide treated domestic water to several entities that may include the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, southwestern La Plata County and users in the La Plata River Basin in New Mexico.
