Rural communities across Colorado will receive $14.75 million for water, wastewater, and transportation projects under two recently enacted federal funding measures.
The funding includes $11.75 million authorized through H.R. 6938 for water projects and $3 million through H.R. 7184 for infrastructure improvements. The allocations support drinking water supply, wastewater treatment, roadway safety, and system upgrades in 13 communities.
Water projects include a $1.75 million pipeline and pump station in Castle Rock to transfer renewable water to Rueter-Hess Reservoir and a $1.75 million regional water treatment plant and transmission system in Severance. Additional funding will support water system consolidation in Wiggins, distribution system replacement in Louviers, system upgrades in Ovid and Walsh, and well redundancy improvements in Kiowa.
The package also funds a new wastewater treatment facility in Lamar, street and drainage upgrades in Yuma, and transportation improvements along the Colorado State Highway 71 Heartland Expressway corridor. Highway widening and intersection upgrades in Douglas County and Windsor are also included.