After a delay of more than 60 years, work is finally underway on a $1.4 billion pipeline project that will provide residents in southeastern Colorado’s Arkansas Valley with something many of them haven’t enjoyed in decades: a reliable source of quality drinking water.
Known as the Arkansas Valley Conduit, the 130-mile-long pipeline will stretch from Pueblo to Lamar, roughly following the route of U.S. Highway 50 and the Arkansas River. It will transport water that originates in the Fryingpan River basin on the western slope of the Continental Divide to 39 small communities southeast of Pueblo with a combined population of
