Stage 1 Water Restrictions Officially lifted on Tuesday October 27th, 2026

Over the past spring and summer, at each regularly scheduled monthly Board of Directors meeting, discussions took place regarding the implementation of a Water Conservation Plan and how the plan was progressing, the creation and adoption of a Water Restriction Plan for Animas Water Company (AWC), the Stage 1 Water Restrictions that were a implemented on June 30th, 2026 and the results we were seeing during our monthly meter reading, and how much longer restrictions might need to remain in place.

At the September 29th, 2026 Board of Directors meeting it was decided it would be in the best interest of the Company and our Members to wait just a bit longer before lifting restrictions. This was to ensure we were truly out of the woods and confident restrictions did not need to remain in place. Over the past month since that last meeting, with the amount of rain we have received, it became very clear it was safe to lift them, so on Tuesday Oct 27th, 2026 at a regularly scheduled monthly Board of Directors meeting, the Board made the decision to officially lift the Stage 1 Water Restrictions.

Just as important, the AWC Board of Directors and the entire AWC Team would like give EACH and EVERY member of our system a HUGE thank you for helping us conserve water during this past summer and irrigation season. This was the first year in the history of AWC that Water Restrictions were adopted and implemented.

A bit of historic data for you: AWC’s 10 year historic water use average for July and August combined is 31,000,000 gallons of water. This past year our combined total use was 27,500,000 gallons of water. This means, that with your help, we saved a total of 3,250,000 gallons of water. That is a tremendous amount of water! Every drop of water we saved was for the good of our entire community, for now and the future.

We truly hope in the coming months and year, each of our members will continue to operate with this conservation mindset and continue to help us save our most precious resource.

Kindest Regards,

Jessica Mitchell & R Pat Rea

Co-Managers of Animas Water Company

970.259.4788

awc@animaswatercompany.com