Triview Metro District has made great strides in securing sustainable water sources, reducing reliance on non-renewable groundwater and ensuring the community has reliable water for the future. With the completion of the Northern Delivery System in 2024, Triview is now able to meet over 80% of future water needs with renewable supplies, supporting long-term growth and resiliency. To learn more about how these efforts benefit our community, check out the full summary document.
Water Engineering Standards
Water Source Primer
My name is Marco Fiorito, and I am a previous member of the Board of Directors of the Triview Metro District. Along with staff, other Directors, and the district’s consultants, I assembled this primer on water after repeatedly observing inaccurate, misleading and erroneous information during various public forums and on social media.
How Triview pays for purchasing renewable water
Bonds $40+ million
(issued bonds for water rights, existing storage and infrastructure)
$22 million
Cash purchase for Northern Delivery System
Triview purchases water from 3 regions
Upper Arkansas
Bale – Ownership of the Bale Ditch No. 1 and 50% of the Bale Ditch No. 2 shares representing approximately 92 acre-feet.
AVIC – Ownership of the Arkansas Valley Irrigation Company shares representing an average annual yield of approximately 569 acre-feet.
Lower Arkansas
Excelsior – Excelsior Irrigation Co. – Triview owns approximately 40.2% share of the Excelsior Irrigating Company, representing approximately 720.8 acre-feet.
Stonewall – this includes East, Central and South Reservoirs (19,538 acre-foot storage complex of which 1,630 acre feet of the South reservoir has been completed.) Triview has 19,538 shares in the Stonewall Springs Reservoir Company, representing approximately 19,538 acre-feet of conditional storage capacity.
Fountain Creek
Triview owns 1,057 shares in the Fountain Mutual Irrigation Company, which generates 740-acre feet of water per year, entitling Triview to 1,000 acre-feet of storage in the Big Johnson Reservoir.
Triview stores the water in 3 reservoirs
Big Johnson Reservoir
Access to water storage in Big Johnson Reservoir through its ownership of 1,057 shares of the Fountain Mutual Irrigation Company. (Approximately 1,000 acre-feet of storage)
Stonewall Springs Reservoir
2,050-acre-feet of storage through the Excelsior Ditch.
Ownership of 2,050 acre-feet of conditional water storage rights in the Stonewall Springs Reservoir Complex (1630 acre-feet of storage) filled by conveyance through the Excelsior Ditch, and 19,538 shares in the Stonewall Springs Reservoir Company, representing approximately 19,538 acre-feet of conditional storage capacity.
Pueblo Reservoir
In 2022, Triview was approved for a 1041 permit that allowed the district to store 999 acre-feet of water in Pueblo Reservoir through a 40-year lease. In 2023, Triview received approval on a second 1041 permit from Pueblo County for:
- Exchange of Triview water rights in the Excelsior Irrigating Company, Fountain Mutual Irrigation Company and other water rights delivered via Fountain Creek between Stonewall Springs Reservoir and Pueblo Reservoir;
- Storage of this water in Pueblo Reservoir;
- Operation of appropriate rights of exchange on Fountain Creek;
- Delivery through the Pueblo Reservoir North Outlet Works and the Southern Delivery System Pipeline and the Northern Delivery System project (under construction) to Triview’s municipal service area;
- Storage of water in Stonewall Springs Reservoir Complex (approximately 1,850-acre feet) for exchange and use by Triview and others; and permission to construct Stonewall Springs Central Reservoir.
Excess Storage Capacity and Conveyance Agreement in Pueblo Reservoir
Triview Renewable Water Plan
