Colorado utility begins construction of water supply project

Colorado Springs Utilities has started building the Southern Delivery System (SDS) project, which will serve the communities of Colorado Springs, Pueblo West, Fountain and Security in Colorado, US.

The project will transport water from the Pueblo Reservoir through an underground pipeline, and will have the capacity to deliver up to 96 million gallons of water per day.

The first phase of the project will require $880m to fund the construction of three pump stations and a water treatment plant.

The other phases of the project involve building a terminal storage reservoir and an exchange reservoir, and expanding its pumping and water treatment capacity.

The SDS project will start operations in 2016, according to waterworld.com.