Elbert County Water Master Plan
Final Water Master Plan Document, County Staff Presentation Slides, Forsgren & Associates Presentation Slides (presented to BOCC on 12/11/2024)
Draft Water Master Plan Document (241 pages), Forsgren & Associates Presentation Slides, and County Staff Presentation Slides (as presented to Planning Commission on 11/12/2024)
Elbert County selected Forsgren & Associates, Inc. to provide consulting services for the Elbert County Water Master Plan.
Water Plan Request for Proposal (RFP) (Elbert County Government), Forsgren Response to Proposal (Forsgren), Current Timeline *Subject to Change (Forsgren)
Publicity, Media Documents
Community Survey Social Media Post (Forsgren)
Community Meeting Notification Flyer (Forsgren) / Community Meeting Notification Social Media Post (Forsgren)
Community Meeting (Wednesday, January 24, 2024)
Formal Presentation Slides (Forsgren)
Community Meeting Posters (Forsgren)
References and Additional Reading
Elbert County Community Profile Report (November 2023) (Colorado State Demographer’s Office)
Elbert County Rural Water Supply Study (June 2018) (Forsgren)
USGS Groundwater Levels in Denver Basin Bedrock Aquifers of Douglas County, 2011-2018 (USGS)
Groundwater Levels in the Denver Basin Bedrock Aquifers (2017) (CO Division of Water Resources)
El Paso County Water Plan (2019) (Links to El Paso County Website) (Forsgren)
NOTE: See Appendix F for a planning perspective of the 300-year rule (Page F-1 or page 227 of the PDF)
Important Water Web Links
Colorado Department of Natural Resources (DNR) - Division of Water Resources (DWR)