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| We are serviced by underground aquifers in Castle Pines North. We had voluntary restrictions this last season that were mild in comparison to other Metro areas' curtailing water use. Do you believe that Castle Pines North has a sustainable supply of water to meet the needs of the CPN residency in the upcoming years? Are you worried? Are you calm? Somewhere in between? What is your take... |
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| NOVEMBER 2002 Survey Results: Water, water... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Do you believe we face water woes in CPN? |
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| The results by simple count: (thru 6-14-03) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6-14-03 | a resident from Noble Ridge: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "All of the present resources are non renewable. We need to CONSERVE. Just because it is there doesn't mean we should use it as quickly as possible." | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11-24-02 | a resident from Kings Crossing: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "CPN
residents generally don't know the answer to this question. The Highlands
Ranch Metro seems to have things in hand and we need to hear from the CPN
Metro District as to the situation with our water. If they know, then why
don't we? Here is a quote from the Highlands Ranch website concerning their
water situation":
Water Supply Questions & Answers Q: Where does the water come from to supply Highlands Ranch? A: Centennial Water and Sanitation District provides water to Highlands Ranch from both the South Platte River and wells which pump from the aquifers beneath Highlands Ranch. In 1997, 100% of our water supply came from South Platte River sources." Q: Does Centennial have enough water to supply Highlands Ranch when it is fully built out and beyond? A: Yes. Centennial has existing supplies today to meet build-out demand, projected at 22,500 acre-feet per year for all Highlands Ranch customers. Centennial is entitled to over 17,000 acre-feet per year from groundwater and has surface water sources capable of providing 10,000 acre-feet per year. Centennial is currently adding surface water sources to enhance the long-term reliability and cost-effectiveness of its supplies. |
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| 11-20 | a resident from KnightsBridge: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "What
a question! I don't have any facts to begin to answer this question. My
feelings are that we have to look beyond pure reliance on ground water as
our community's sole source. Water is an issue throughout the plains areas
of Colorado -- and will be for a long time to come. My concern is with our
community's water usage.
Our neighborhood seems to promote large areas of green grass that require large amounts of water. With this comes large watering bills. But more importantly, with this comes high water consumption -- all of it treated water that we spray on our grass and plants. I feel that the Metro District should provide large amounts of information related to our water situation. I'm not the only one seeing more and more water drilling derricks positioned throughout Castle Pines North. What does this mean? What projections are our paid experts making as it relates to water? Should we feel comfortable that our wells will remain wet? I would like more information before being able to size up whether I believe CPN has a sustainable supply of water to meet the resident's needs." |
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| 11-10 | a resident from Noble Ridge: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "I'm concerned about the sustained growth and additional long term burden on the water supply system." | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11-6 | a resident from BriarCliff: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "I really feel that water conservation is important to everyone within our area. When the metro district asks us to try and conserve and gives us ideas how to conserve I feel we need to do just that. It really bothers me to see my neighbors not pay any attention to the advice of those I trust know how to manage our water usage." | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11-6 | a resident from Kings Crossing: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "We need to pursue alternative renewable sources for water. The aquifer is not going to dry up this year or in the next five years, but my home's value is based upon water supplies existing beyond the near future." | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11-5 | a resident from Canterbury: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Metro District should explain our communities rights and restrictions for the wells we are currently using and have plans to use at a later time. If there is a major drought, where do we stand? Will we have to buy rights from someone else obviously at a much higher cost?" | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11-4 | a resident from Kings Crossing: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "We live in a high plains DESERT. Of course there will be water issues, and trying to make Colorado look like the drippy East, South, or West coasts is a huge part of our problem. How about if the HOAs start encouraging xeriscaping (which originated here in Denver, by the way) and other creative landscaping? How about if we replace the "green belt" grass with low-water varieties since no one uses these areas anyway? How about some beautiful native wildflowers and shrubs instead of the ubiquitous dogwoods and such? How about smaller lawns, period. We'll have no one to blame but us if we squander all our water on frail greenery." | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11-2 | a resident from Royal Hill: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "It
is irresponsible to answer such a question with such a minor amount of facts.
Why even ask the question? This is nothing more than posturing based on
emotional feeling and little in the way of facts. The responses should be
concern because we have inadequate knowledge of the facts.
Tell us about the underground aquifers: who uses them, how are they recharged, what are the current engineering projections for draw down and projections for long term use, who else may use and have an impact on them, do we have sufficient treatment and short term storage for irrigation, what would be the alternatives. In addition how did voluntary restrictions actually compare to years w/o restrictions when weighted against number of homes for each year? What is the water use for the greenbelts? Get the idea? With level of education in this neighborhood, I think we deserve better than a push-pull form of survey." |
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| 11-1 | a resident from BristleCone: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Instead of worrying about a rec center and how to pay for it -- how about putting our energies toward a REAL cause -- water. Anyone that honestly believes we have plenty of water either has their head in the sand or doesn't care about the real issue. Perhaps you didn't have to turn your outside taps off like our WHOLE community did for a week at a time because the storage tanks were below the level needed for emergencies (fires). I suspect next year you will be crying because there is water rationing. Well, forget the rec center and paying for it -- I opt we buy more water if we need to." | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11-1 | a resident from Claremont: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "I am concerned at the drain on our water supply if water becomes a really profitable commodity. It may be ignorantly wrong of me, but I fret that short-term revenue would appeal over long-term preservation of a water supply for my household — and on one cheerless day to come, I would wake up to my home being worth nothing again just for living here — only this time it would not be bond debt but 'out of water' that does it. Anyone who can reassure me that this is not going to happen — good, would be glad to hear it." | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 'CPN Asks' Survey participants to-date are from BrambleRidge, BriarCliff, BristleCone, Canterbury, Claremont, Forest Park, Glen Oaks, Hidden Pointe, Kings Crossing, KnightsBridge, Noble Ridge, Royal Hill, StoneCroft and Tapestry Hills - also a few with no neighborhood selected. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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To the people who took the time to express their opinion - thank you for sharing and having a voice. |
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Castle
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Contact the Castle Pines North Homeowners Association (CPNHOA) by e-mail. |
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