Clifton Sanitation and the Community

The Mesa County Whitewater Public Improvement District will be fully operational by the end of November 2011. The planning for this project began during 2004, and has taken 7 years for the design, permitting, and construction to be completed. The multimillion-dollar infrastructure project was designed by Jacobs Engineering Group, and Boundaries Unlimited.
 
The project consists of 3.5 miles of collection system in Whitewater, a lift station, and 6 miles (3 miles of forcemain and 3 miles of gravity line) of infrastructure to connect to Clifton Sanitation District’s treatment plant. The project also brings the addition of new pedestrian and utility bridge over the Colorado River. The new bridge allows for the sewer line to cross the river, and also provides a location for future utilities to cross the river.
 
The wastewater service agreement stipulates Clifton Sanitation will accept up to 250,000 gallons a day of the WWPID wastewater at the CSD Wastewater Regional Treatment Facility.  The WWPID will be required to operate and maintain its own sewer collection system, which will transport its wastewater into the CSD facility at no cost to CSD.  The out-of-district rate, which amounts to 120-percent of the in-district rate will be applied to the WWPID customers. 

The new agreement serves to benefit the county, both municipalities and users of the sewer system. We have a new, dependable wastewater customer in WWPID, meaning an increase in annual revenue to CSD for years to come. The agreement will allow for a cost-effective solution to the long-term wastewater planning for both communities without placing any financial burden on the Clifton Sanitation customers.  Clifton Sanitation is looking forward to working with the newly established WWPID.

Clifton Sanitation District helped open a new stretch of the Colorado Riverfront Trail, from 32 Road at Corn Lake to 33 ½ Road and Clifton Nature Park.  The trail goes underneath highway at 32 Road and the Colorado River and then continues behind Clifton Sanitation District Wastewater Treatment facility and continues up river and further east.  The Clifton Nature Park Trail established the first trail link between Clifton and the riverfront. 
 
The grand opening of the Clifton Nature Park Trail was on September 16, 2011.

Click here to see a map of the Trail.

The Clifton Water District and the Clifton Sanitation District have a long history of cooperation and working together for the benefit of their customers.

In an effort to improve service to our customers, the Clifton Water District and the Clifton Sanitation District announce a resourceful agreement to combine billing services. With this recent agreement, customers will now receive a single bill from the Clifton Water District.