COLORADO / DELTA COUNTY
Paonia
Ran dry
- Population (2020)
- 1,447
- Water cut
- February 26, 2019
- Cause
- infrastructure
- Where
- 38.87°N, 107.60°W
What happened, and when
Every dated water event the register holds for Paonia, newest first, each with the sources that document it.
- Ran dryon the card
Ran dry: what happened
In February 2019 two undetected underground leaks drained Paonia's 2-million-gallon storage tank while the town's spring-fed raw supply, depleted by the 2018 drought, was running at roughly a quarter to a half of normal. The state imposed a boil order on February 18; on February 26 the town cut off water to 27 rural water companies it wholesales to and to about a third of in-town users to keep the schools, downtown and care facilities supplied. The town and Delta County declared emergencies and a state incident team arrived; customers were without water for a combined 13 days before service returned on March 6.
- The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: Paonia cuts off water to some (February 27, 2019)
- KUNC: One small Colorado town ran out of water. How did it happen? (June 18, 2019)