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Aurora Reservoir is used to store and deliver water to Aurora's Binney, Griswold and Wemlinger Treatment Facilities.

The Water Research Foundation created this short animated video to show how we protect our watersheds and drinking water supply. Aurora Water assisted in this video and the research on communicating water quality issues.

Twin Lakes, in Lake County, is the diversion point for Homestake, Ivanhoe, and Grizzly collection systems.

Turquoise Lake, located in Lake County, is the first stop for Aurora's water from Homestake Reservoir. From here, water is moved to Twin Lakes before it's pumped into the South Platte basin.

Located in Park County, south of Fairplay, Spinney Mountain Reservoir is the main storage reservoir for all Homestake Water and Aurora's west Park County Water Rights.

Quincy Reservoir was Aurora's first in-town reservoir and was completed in 1974.

Jefferson Lake, located in Park County, is solely owned by Aurora, and has an interesting history.

Completed in 1966, Aurora Rampart Reservoir is a small 1300 acre feet reservoir just east of Roxborough State Park, and is used to collect water from the Strontia Springs.

Located in southern Eagle County in the Colorado River basin, Homestake is a cooperative effort with Colorado Springs.

Busk Ivanhoe is a small diversion dam in Pitkin County that is used to bring water through the old Carlton tunnel.

Snow melt is the primary source water for Aurora, so regular monitoring of the snowpack is critical to resource planning.