Pomona Lake Water Levels

Toward the end of summer there were some concerns about the decreasing water level in Pomona Lake. A group of concerned homeowners and some Board members hosted some people from the City of Arvada Parks and Open Spaces Department to discuss the water levels. We learned that the State of Colorado regulates when each body is in priority based on historic legal water rights. This spring there was a miscommunication at the City on when the inlet valve should have been opened, which started a series of events leading to the dropping water levels. Then, the lake goes out of priority near June 1 and thus the inlet closed. In combination with a really dry summer, the levels dropped to a concerning low. The miscommunication has been addressed at the City and they will ensure that doesn’t happen in the future, but a summer drought is unfortunately uncontrollable.

We wanted to let everyone know that as of last week, Pomona Lake is back in priority and the timing couldn’t be better. With the October snow storms, this past weekend Little Dry Creek was neither little nor dry, and the lake has risen 8 inches back to it’s nominal levels!