Floods Cost $6 Million in Damage to Local Utility

southern colorado caused at least 6-million dollars in damage to property owned by colorado springs utilities. new at five, krdo newschannel 13’s scott harrison shows us the damage … and explains if it translates to a higher utility bill. this is the worst damage caused by flooding at colorado springs utilities. here at clear spring ranch, behind the nixon power plant … you can see severe erosion along little fountain creek. “it’s typically a dry creek.” it’s threatening a major road and bridge. “we’ve also got areas that have undercut some power poles and some fire suppression lines.” heavy equipment is repairing the damage… before another flood washes out the work. “there’s so muc water and moisture around much of the property owned by colorado springs utilities, that it even affected our equipment. it caused our camera lens to fog up. however, it’s a lot easier to dry out a damp camera lens, then to repair more than $6 million of flooded, crumbling infrastructure.” on the east side of the property, where the creek winds around … the same road has washed out and been repaired several?? times. springs utilities applied for damage reimbursement through insurance and fema. without it, ratepayers could get stuck with the bill. in el paso county–scott harrison, krdo newschannel 13. since 2012, springs utilities has had 17- million dollars in damage from the waldo and black forest fires, and other flooding. so far, the utility has been reimbursed for half of it, with no cost passed on to customers.