NEWS & UPDATES

One Project? Or Three?
One of the common questions that we have been receiving this summer is whether Aurora Water is planning on having one project or three for the proposed Wild Horse [...]

Field Work 2025
This summer, crews have been conducting natural resource and cultural surveys at the southern alternative site and Spinney Mountain Reservoir to collect data that will inform the Bureau of [...]

Aurora Water Continues Wild Horse Reservoir-Related Field Activities
To further the assessments of two alternative locations that will be analyzed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Aurora Water [...]

Identification of Alternatives for Environmental Review
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is leading the federal evaluation process for the proposed Wild Horse Reservoir under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that will evaluate environmental, [...]

Permitting Update: What is NEPA and its Role in the Proposed Wild Horse Reservoir?
Aurora Water has been planning for the proposed Wild Horse Reservoir for over a decade. Understandably, one of the most frequent questions we get is when we will start [...]

Field Work 2024
This summer and fall, TetraTech, Aurora Water’s geotechnical engineering firm, spent 13 weeks completing 33 boreholes and about 2,500 feet of drilling to collect rock and soil samples and [...]

How Colorado Plans To Store Water Is a Big Dam Question
There are multiple projects across the state of Colorado looking to expand water storage. The Wild Horse Reservoir project is one of several projects mentioned in All the buckets, [...]

Aurora Announces Construction Services Contractor for Wild Horse Reservoir Project
Aurora Water has selected the Colorado-based Flatiron and joint-venture partners Dragados USA and Sukut Construction (FDS JV) to provide Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) services for the construction of the [...]

Aurora Water Eyes Its Biggest Storage Bucket Yet
The Wild Horse Reservoir project was highlighted by the Colorado Sun, Aurora Water eyes its biggest storage bucket yet.

Wild Horse Reservoir Will Provide a Recreational Resource for Park County
Check out the article in The Flume, Wild Horse Reservoir will provide a recreational resource for Park County.

Aurora Water Releases Wild Horse Reservoir Project Video
Aurora Water released a new video explaining details for the proposed Wild Horse Reservoir Project.

Field Work 2023
This summer, Aurora Water will be conducting geotechnical investigations at the Wild Horse Reservoir project site near Hartsel in Park County. The geotechnical investigations will include about 70 borings [...]
