Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District (PRWCD) was created in 1960 to provide a legal entity capable of contracting with the United States for repayment of the irrigation, municipal and industrial component assigned to the Trinidad Project and to provide a management entity to oversee the Project.
Other responsibilities include:
- surveying existing water resources and basin rivers,
- taking actions necessary to "secure and insure an adequate supply of water - present and future",
- constructing water reservoirs,
- entering into contracts with other water agencies, (such as the Bureau of Reclamation),
- organizing special assessment districts,
- providing for instream flows for fisheries and
- other legal responsibilities needed by the District to fulfill it's purposes.
Contact Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District
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Contact Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District
Thelma Lujan
Secretary & District Water Coordinator
3590 East Main Street
Suite 3
Trinidad, CO 81082
Phone: (719) 846-7285
Fax: 719-846-6941
Service Area
Services provided in:
- Las Animas County, Colorado
