water pipeline

Over Labor Day weekend there were six water line breaks in Rawlins. This is the latest in a several year, ongoing issue with the city’s water infrastructure. The over 100-year old system is aging and continues to make delivering water to residents a challenge.

The City of Rawlins is reporting that residents are using more water than what is flowing into the water treatment plant.Rawlins has enforced water restrictions since this spring, which includes things like only watering lawns once a week. The restrictions were implemented after infrastructure issues and drought caused water flows to be dangerously low.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has denied a Colorado businessman’s application for a re-hearing on his proposal to build a pipeline to transfer…