Gross Reservoir Expansion Project
Progress and schedule
There are many steps to building a dam 471 feet high. Final dam design will continue into 2020 to meet our current completion date of 2025. A lot of other preparatory work is required such as quarrying and preparing the existing dam and foundation for the new dam.
Denver Water is committed to working closely with residents to ensure safety and open communication throughout construction.
Latest News / Blog
Remodeling and restoring rivers — for trout and those who hook them
TAP - October 31, 2019 - "Williams Fork is one of the real jewels of our state wildlife areas, and the project has effectively addressed some habitat shortcomings that we had observed over the past decade,” said Jon Ewert, Colorado Parks and Wildlife aquatic biologist...
Indoor ‘waterfall’ puts water to the test at CSU
TAP - October 2, 2019 - “It’s a fun job and also extremely important to the communities where these structures are built,” said Chris Thornton, director of the Colorado State University Hydraulics Laboratory. “Our job is to provide designers with information to make...
Beautiful weather and great cookout!
On Saturday, September 28 Denver Water hosted the fifth community cookout at the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project public information yurt. We enjoyed meeting new visitors to the yurt and were happy to see some returning guests to hear about the latest project...