State says Aurora Water must provide more water quality info about Homestake in Wild Horse bid

Persistent questions from Eagle County stakeholders concerned about dwindling water supplies during an ongoing megadrought have already forced one comment extension as the state considers a key permit for Aurora Water’s proposed Wild Horse Reservoir in Park County. Now it appears those same unanswered questions about water quality data and modeling — specifically how much Homestake Creek water in Eagle County will be used to fill Wild Horse and when — will force a second extension of the public comment period. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, which is considering the first-ever Regulation 87 dredge-and-fill permit application for the proposed 95,000-acre-foot Wild Horse Reservoir, filed a notice earlier this month indicating an extension of its extension. The original deadline for public comment was Oct. 5, and that was extended to Nov. 19.

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