Water Board June 15, 2020
Channel: Longmont Public Media
Date: 26/06/2020

The Water Board consists of five (5) members appointed to serve five (5) year terms.  A member of the City Council  serves in an ex-officio capacity to coordinate Water Board action with City Council actions. 

The purpose of the Water Board is to advise the City Council in its raw water matters relating to the provision of a stable, sufficient, and suitable supply of water for the community and its residents. The Board's primary functions and duties include:

adopting, revising, and continually updating a long range plan for development of an adequate raw water supply and a policy pertaining to raw water requirements for annexation, subdivisions, and re-plats

developing procedures for the transfer of water rights attached to land being annexed to the City of Longmont, subdivided, or re-platted

reviewing all annexations, subdivisions, and re-plats and recommending to the City Council as to the adequacy of the water rights being transferred;
reviewing and making appropriate recommendations to the City Council on all requests for water service to outside service area and for outside City water taps

making recommendations to City Council as to the uses, purchase or sale of any water rights

and reviewing all matters, including pollution, concerning the City's raw water supply.