Water Quality
As a community water system, FLMD will be under the regulation of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment which establishes a routine water monitoring schedule. FLMD expects to have no problems meeting the applicable water quality standards.
- FLMD 2026 Drinking Water Quality Report – Covering Data for Calendar Year 2025
- FLMD 2025 Drinking Water Quality Report – Covering Data for Calendar Year 2024
- FLMD 2024 Drinking Water Quality Report – Covering Data for Calendar Year 2023
- FLMD 2023 Drinking Water Quality Report – Covering Data for Calendar Year 2022
- FLMD 2022 Drinking Water Quality Report – Covering Data for Calendar Year 2021
- FLMD 2021 Drinking Water Quality Report – Covering Data for Calendar Year 2020
- FLMD Source Water Assessment Report – August 2020
- FLMD – Rules and Regulations – March 7, 2016
- FLMD – Non-Lead Only Service Line Inventory Form
Water Restrictions
Water Wise Rules
EFFECTIVE ANNUALLY FROM MAY 1st TO OCTOBER 15th UNLESS SUPERSEDED BY MORE RESTRICTIVE WATER SHORTAGE RESTRICTIONS
- Water up to three days a week – you choose the days
- Water before 10 am or after 6 pm (not both) to reduce evaporation and push water to the roots
- Don’t let water pool on hard surfaces or flow down gutters
- Repair leaking sprinkler systems within 10 days
- Use a shut-off nozzle when washing anything with a hose
- Clean hard surfaces (like driveways and sidewalks) with water only if there is a public health/safety concern
- Hand watering with a shut-off nozzle is allowed at any time
Water Portfolio
Forest Lakes Metropolitan District (FLMD) will ultimately utilize a mixture of surface water and groundwater to provide an adequate water supply to its residents.
The District has significant decreed Denver Basin ground water resources and owns a surface water supply by virtue of a transaction with Colorado Springs Utilities whereby it provides annually up to 660 AF of transmountain return flows to FLMD. Until the surface water treatment plant is constructed and put into service, water will be supplied by an Arapahoe aquifer well decreed for 400 AF.
The combined groundwater and surface water resources owned by the District are more than sufficient for all current and planned residential use and for future commercial uses. The District also has an Interconnection Agreement with Triview Metropolitan District whereby both districts agree to provide emergency water to one another when necessary. The physical interconnection with Triview will be in service by mid-summer of 2016.