Final Inspection Passed

Hallelujah! We Passed Final Inspection!

CDPHE Engineer Andy Poirot has approved our final inspection, closing out this ARRA project on time and within budget.

Many thanks to our financial team of Karen Frye, Sandy White, and Kerry Davidson for their attention to detail and for wrapping up the final inspection, and thanks again to Ed Duerr and Curt Thompson at Merrick Engineers and Tony Krempin at TopKnot Engineering, Brock Southwick and Walt Sinclair at Garney Construction, operators Jack Zielinski and Jim Kleeman, as well as Andy Poirot, Elise Masters, Elizabeth Pine, and Louanna Cruz at CDPHE. Last but not least, our kudos to Mayor Hershal Deputy and the Board of Trustees for their support over the past 2 years, Chuck Reid for his early vision that helped such an ambitious project become possible, Greg Winkler at DOLA for helping guide us with compliance, and Matt Sugar from Senator Mark Udall’s office for shepherding this project.

At our peak we had 18 people working on this project, including the Garney Construction team that rented rooms from the Stagecoach Inn for the season, giving the town an additional shot in the arm during some difficult economic times.

The new drinking water system is now producing clean, consistent drinking water for the Town of Hot Sulphur Springs with increased storage and safety for residents and visitors alike. We have moved from a cranky old system held together with constant tinkering to the newest, most high-tech water system in the Colorado High Country. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Program Manager, Geoff Elliott and His Team

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Nov. 13, 2010

Mayor Hershal Deputy presided over the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House for the new Water Treatment Plant on Saturday, Nov. 13. Around 50 people attended and enjoyed speeches, tours, snacks and WATER.

Keys to the Town of Hot Sulphur Springs were given to Curt Thompson - Engineer; Ed Duerr - Engineer; Andy Poirot - Colorado Department of Health & Environment; Geoff Elliott - Program Manager; Brock Southwick - Garney Construction Supervisor; Walt Sinclair - Garney Construction Foreman; and Chuck Reid, Town Manager.

The hard work by town staff members Jim Kleeman, Jack Zielinski and Sandy White, the Town Trustees and Greg Winkler from the Colorado Dept. of Local Affairs was also recognized.

Congratulations on completion of the project was given to the Town of Hot Sulphur by Matt Sugar on behalf of Senator Udall and by Todd Hagenbuch on behalf of Senator Bennet. An Engineering Award was presented to Ed Duerr and Merrick Companies.

Commemorative cups from the event are available at Town Hall.














Video of Todd Hagenbuch's (Senator Bennet) Acknowledgment Speech



Video of Mayor Deputy's Introduction Speech

Water Tank is Completed

Our new water tank is complete, on line, and ready for seeding and mulch next week. The tank more than doubles the town’s water storage capacity for home, garden, and commercial use as well as badly needed fire fighting capacity. Here a proud Owners Representative Geoff Elliott joins the successful Garney Team led by Walt Sinclair.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Nov. 13 at 11:00

The official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Hot Sulphur Springs Water Project will be held on Saturday, November 13 at 11 a.m. at the new Water Treatment Plant at 400 Maple.

Please join with us to celebrate this successful and much-needed project!

New Water Treatment Filter Operational

Good news! The new water filter has now been running for a week and is ready to go on line as soon as final tests are complete.

Photos show our water plant operators Jim Kleeman and Jack Zielinski test driving the new system to optimize residual chlorine content.

Great to see the sink flowing with good clean water!

New Water Tank Nears Completion

Photos of most recent pour at the Water Tank. Beautiful concrete work belies the difficulty of working at high elevation and dangerous conditions. Garney Construction comes through again!

Tank Construction Continues

Tank construction pace is accelerating as we are now “out of the ground” and finally getting great working weather.

The photo on the left shows Everest Concrete pouring the tank slab base on Tuesday , August 10.

The photo on the right shows the interior tank forms already in place by end of the week on August 13.


It is impressive to see the technology allowing us to pour such high walls, giving us a more solid tank product.

It is easy to see why Garney is considered the one of the best in the business.