Site work for a water / sewer project in Aurora, Colorado. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

As of April 11, 2025, the Bureau of Land Management intends to issue a notice of intent to formally begin the Environmental Impact Studies in year 2026 to determine the location and scope of work for the reservoir project. A firm construction start timeline has yet to be determined. *The closed solicitation has been included below for reference: Reference Number 0000318282 CLASS/ITEM: 91244, 91339, 91340, 91345, 91356, 91360, 91377, 91378, 91381, 91392, 91438, 91450, 92849, 92943, 95939 The City of Aurora, Aurora Water is developing a new off-channel reservoir in Park County, Colorado to store existing water from the Otero Pipeline and Homestake Project. The project is currently just finishing the feasibility design, and the 30% design is set to kick off around the first of May 2023. The proposed reservoir project will store approximately 90,000 acre-feet of water storage and consist of four (4) new dams. The dams are the Main Dam, East Dam 1, East Dam 2, and the West Dam. The total length of the dams is approximately 10,000 lf, with an average dam height of 130-ft. Along with the dams, the project contains approximately 2.5-miles of 60-inch steel pipeline from the Otero Pipeline to the Wild Horse Reservoir, and approximately 8.5 miles of 66-inch steel pipe from the Wild Horse Reservoir to Spinney Mountain Reservoir (see the attached map). The project also includes relocation of Park County Road 53. All questions shall be submitted in writing to John P. Clark, Project Manager, via email at jpclark@auroragov.org AND Nathan Jones, Contract Administrator, via email at njones@aurora.gov.org. Telephone inquiries will be accepted only for procedural questions by calling Nathan Jones at 303-739-7343. Questions are due by 2:00 p.m., local time, May 3, 2023. Responses will be posted via addendum posted to BidNet.