Water Treatment Plant Process | Canon City, CO

Daily Water UsageOn a typical hot summer day, Cañon City water customers use enough treated potable water to cover 31 football fields one foot deep in water! In the winter the usage drops to about 9 football fields worth a day. Before reaching the faucets of Cañon City residents, however, city water goes through an extensive treatment process.About the PlantThe Cañon City Water Treatment Plant is a conventional surface water treatment plant that diverts water from the Arkansas River to produce drinkable (potable) water, which meets or exceeds all Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Safe Drinking Water Act and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Primary Drinking Water Standards.The water treatment plant is located on the hillside west of Cañon City. The water plant has the ability to produce up to 22 million gallons of safe drinking water every day. On average only about 3 million gallons per day are made in the winter; however during the hot summer months when th...