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SERVICE AREA
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Eagle River Water & Sanitation District provides water service from East Vail to Dowd Junction through a series of wells and one surface treatment plant located in East Vail. Our District shares a water system interconnect in Dowd Junction with Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority as a backup source.
The District provides full contract operations and management (O&M) services to Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority which provides water to its six members: Avon, Arrowhead, Beaver Creek, Berry Creek, Eagle-Vail, Edwards, as well as to Bachelor Gulch and Cordillera Metropolitan Districts.
The District also provides billing of water, sewer, and trash service charges for the Town of Minturn.
Constructed |
Most Recent Expansion |
Capacity |
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| Vail | 1969 | 1982 | 2.7 MGD* |
| Avon | 1966 | 1997 | 4.3 MGD |
| Edwards | 1981 | 2001 | 2.95 MGD |
* MGD = million gallons per day
The total treatment capacity at all three plants is 9.95 MGD.
The average daily flow through the wastewater system is
5.5 MGD.
The maximum peak-week flow is 7.7 MGD.
The minimum flow is 3.7 MGD.
The wastewater collection within the District is accomplished through
approximately 187 miles of collection lines.
The collection system functions primarily by gravity flow; however, lift
stations are utilized at some points along the
system.
The wastewater collection lines range in size from 8 to 35 inches and consist primarily of PVC (plastic)
and clay pipe.
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This Website was last updated on August 20, 2007.