Two Rivers Water acquires management control of Sunset Metropolitan District

Two Rivers Water has announced that it will assume permanent management and control of Sunset Metropolitan District, a water utility located in El Paso County, Colorado, US, following the acquisition of all directors’ parcels.

Two Rivers follows a business model that combines efficient irrigated farming, rotational farm fallowing and wholesale water distribution to nearby water districts to protect the water required for agriculture while assisting municipal water districts to diversify their supply sources.

In the past three years, the company has acquired and developed infrastructure required for supporting 25,000 acres of high-yield irrigated farmland for re-development or upgrading in south-east Colorado.

Infrastructure being developed by Two Rivers along the Arkansas River and its tributaries includes an integrated system of reservoirs and distribution canals capable, of capturing snow melt and recovering groundwater.

Two Rivers CEO John McKowen said, "Assuming control of Sunset gives us a formal water structure and standing in the municipal water shortage discussions, while protecting our farming interests."

Two Rivers currently grows a variety of crops, such as fodder crops like alfalfa and human consumables such corn and vegetables, on high-yield irrigated farmland in Huerfano and Pueblo counties of Colorado.

In addition to the purchase, Two Rivers also signed a memorandum of understanding with a residential water district to jointly develop a water supply plan that will serve the needs of both the company’s farms and the district’s suburban water consumers.

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Image: Two Rivers Water CEO John McKowen in one of the company’s corn fields. Photo: Two Rivers Water.