Water
The City of Aspen’s Water Department has been providing quality potable water supply to the community since 1966. Our customers include 3,800 residential, commercial, hotel and condominium owners. We can produce up to 20 million gallons of water daily and 1.4 billion gallons of treated surface water annually.
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Want to learn about our water rates? Read the 2025 Water and Electric Rate Ordinance to learn more. Version Options Water Headline
Mandatory Irrigation Schedule
Effective September 1st, 2025, this mandatory irrigation schedule will require any person or entity using water from the City water system or any system connected thereto to adhere to the following schedule.
- There shall be no irrigation or outdoor water use between the hours of 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM.
- Customers whose property address (base number) ends in an odd number can only irrigate outdoors on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
- Customers whose property address (base number) ends in an even number (including 0) can only irrigate outdoors on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
- No outside irrigation shall be allowed on Mondays.
For example, someone living at 1111 Waterwise Lane is on the odd address irrigation schedule. This means they can only irrigate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays between the hours of 12:00 AM and 9:00 AM and/or between the hours of 6:00 PM and 11:59 PM.
For more information see the City of Aspen Municipal Code Section 25.28.021.
Water Documents and Resources
- 2024 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report (PDF)
- 2023 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report (PDF)
- 2022 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report (PDF)
- 2021 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report (PDF)
- 2020 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report (PDF)
- 2019 Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report (PDF)
- 2018 Drinking Water Quality Report (PDF)
- 2017 Drinking Water Quality Report (PDF)
- 2016 Drinking Water Quality Report (PDF)
- 2015 Drinking Water Quality Report (PDF)
- 2014 Drinking Water Quality Report (PDF)
- 20170929 Deere and Ault Reservoir Pre-Feasibility memo
- 20171130 Headwaters Vulnerability Assessment
- 20171207 Deere and Ault Aspen Storage Demand Letter
- Benchmarking Colorado Storage
- FAQ Conditional Water Storage Rights (PDF)
- Storage Ranking in Colorado Communities - 2017
- Storage Site Matrix (PDF)
- City of Aspen Municipal Water Efficiency Plan 2023 (PDF)
- 2016 Aspen Water Supply Availability Study (PDF)
- Aspen Integrated Water Resource Plan November 2021
Concerned about your water? Learn more at our About Aspen Water webpage and Lead in Water webpage.
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Water
Physical Address
427 Rio Grande Place
Aspen, CO 81611
Phone: 970-920-5110
Water Distribution Emergency Contact:
970-429-1994