See the description of District Area A and Area B on the District Service Page.

The $600 application fee is non-refundable. When a contract application is submitted, the District’s engineering staff reviews the specified uses and performs water use calculations. Likewise, the District’s legal advisers review the application and process required District and County paperwork. The application fee is meant to recover the expenses incurred by the District during this process, and is therefore non-refundable.

All well permits granted by the Division of Water Resources in the State of Colorado require the installation of a meter. Furthermore, the State Engineer requires the District to report the actual water used by actively diverting contractees, in order to properly administer water rights as mandated by Colorado law. In order to satisfy this requirement, all contractees are required to install water metering devices for their diversion structures. Contractees must read the meter on a monthly basis, and report the readings to the District using a form that the District supplies.

For information on how to read your water meter, click on the following link.

Water rights and their priorities vary for different properties, even for those located very close to each other. For example, your neighbors may own water rights of sufficient seniority that they do not require District protection. Or, your neighbors may have independently secured a Plan for Augmentation with the Water Court that does not depend on District water. Sometimes, the homeowner’s association for a development secures a water allotment contract or Plan for Augmentation, and the association fees include a pro rata share of the associated charges.