Long-Term Water

Goals
Securing long-term water for the Town and its residents - that’s the goal of Castle Rock Water’s long-term water plan and Legacy Water Projects. For the past eight years, the Town has been working to ensure the community’s water future and obtain a long-term, sustainable water supply.

Groundwater
Right now, a large portion of the Town’s water is nonrenewable groundwater that comes from 1,000 or more feet below ground in what is called the Denver Basin aquifer, while only a small portion comes from renewable supplies along Plum Creek.
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The nonrenewable Denver Basin groundwater will become very difficult to extract and expensive in the future, so the main objective of the long-term water plan and Legacy Water Projects is to move toward a renewable water supply -  water in creeks and rivers replenished each year from snow and rain. Castle Rock Water has made huge strides toward that goal.