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General InformationAvailability of TapsAll of the District's authorized taps are issued and outstanding. Thus, the District has no taps for sale. A number of District taps are presently inactive and either unassigned to a particular piece of property or assigned to vacant land and not yet connected. From time to time, owners offer their inactive taps for sale. The District does not act as a broker for such taps. Pursuant to Statute, the District's tap owner and customer lists are not subject to public disclosure and, accordingly, the District does not divulge the names of inactive tap owners to inquiring parties. However, upon request of its owner, the District will make known to inquirers the availability of a tap for sale. ManagementManagement - Board of Directors:
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History of the DistrictLookout Mountain Water District - Past, Present and Future
Who is the Lookout Mountain Water District? LMWD is a Special District as governed by Title 32 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. In terms of a system it is tap owners and property owners included in the District’s boundaries, the Board of Directors, and the contractors and consultants who provide operation and management. Its assets include the rights to stored water within the reservoirs of the Beaver Brook Watershed, the treatment facility, and components of the distribution system, such as the tank, main pipeline, and meters. The District must comply with several regulatory agencies for administration including Jefferson County, Clear Creek County, Office of the State Engineer (Division of Water Resources), and the Division of Local Government of the State of Colorado. For water quality, the District must comply with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Jefferson County Department of Health and federal agencies. Our water source is surface water from the Lower Beaver Brook Reservoir, which is fed from the larger Upper Beaver Brook Reservoir of the Beaver Brook Watershed (sometimes referred to as the Golden Watershed). The water is than measured, treated and tested at the LMWD Treatment Plant, pumped up to our million gallon storage tank, and then distributed to the majority of customers by gravity flows. Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. An Annual Drinking Water Quality Report is compiled each year and copies may be requested at any time. Your Board of Directors suggests the following if you would like further involvement: ü Attend a Board Meeting and offer suggestions ü Vote in an Election ü Run for a position on the Board of Directors ü Advocate for the preservation of the watershed
History The Lookout Mountain Water District was organized on March 23, 1988. Before that, the City of Golden supplied water to customers in the Lookout Mountain area, however the water was disinfected but not treated. The Beaver Brook Water Consumers Association (BBWCA) worked for years to establish an entity that could provide reliable and safe water for residents.
Timeline 1903 City of Golden began reservoir construction 1972 Election to create first District (Fails) 1982-1988 BBWCA works to create District 1988 Bond Election (Successful) and LMWD is created 1988-1989 Treatment Plant and sludge facility built, portions of main are repaired 1990 Acquisition of five Farmers Highline Co. Shares (Water Rights) 1990-2003 Portions of the main line are improved or repaired, treatment facility is improved, inactive taps are placed in service 1992 Completion of Upper Beaver Brook dam and spillway 1993 Bonds refinanced 1995 Lookout Mountain Reservoir improved 2003 Bonds refinanced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||