This form is for Fountain Valley Authority Water Treatment Plant Tour only.


Requester Information
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Fountain Valley Authority Water Treatment Plant 
13250 Ray Nixon Road, Fountain, CO 80817

Age Requirement: Fifth grade or 10 years and up
Group size: Maximum 20 attendees
Tour length: 60 - 90 minutes, depending on age group and specific needs
Day Offered: Tuesday and Thursday
Start Time: between 9 - 10 a.m. 

Tour Description:  


Participants observe how Colorado Springs Utilities cleans and treats water to produce high-quality safe drinking water that meets all federal and state drinking water quality standards.  Learn about the water treatment processes including traditional methods of coagulation/flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection used to provide the highest quality drinking water for five different communities on the southern side of Colorado Springs.


PLEASE BE ADVISED - Appropriate dress, which includes long pants (no dresses or skirts), closed-toed walking shoes, and  clothing/accessories for expected weather, is MANDATORY for all tours.

Due to safety concerns, all visitors with inappropriate dress will not be able to tour the entire operational facility. We provide additional safety equipment, when required, to tour a facility (i.e. hard hats, safety glasses, ear protection). 


Public tours are booked on a first request basis and require a minimum of THREE weeks advance notice.


Plant Tours are NOT available during the weeks that Colorado Springs Utilities observes a holiday.

(New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day)


PLEASE BE ADVISED - TUESDAY and THURSDAY ONLY - Please use calendar to choose date.

   
Schools must provide one adult chaperone for every 10 children (minimum)