Southern Colorado city declares emergency amid water outage

VICTOR, Colo. (KKTV) — A southern Colorado city made an emergency declaration over the weekend amid an ongoing water outage.

Officials with the city of Victor announced this on Sunday. It’s in reference to an outage impacting both Victor and Goldfield. Victor officials first reported the outage on Thursday, saying a section of a 50-year-old water main became dislodged during an attempt to replace it.

On Sunday, they asked residents to avoid using any water. They said they were working on setting up an emergency response team to coordinate operations, repairs and community support.

They added that community services and emergency coordination were being run out of the Victor Fire Station.

In the meantime, they said residents should avoid using water for showering, laundry, dishwashing, flushing when possible, outdoor use or consumption.

For anyone needing water, they said they have potable water available at the Victor Fire House and non-potable water in Goldfield, with their station being staffed daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

They said showers were available at the Aspen Mine Center daily until 4 p.m. and at the Parks & Recreation Building from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

For the time being, officials said they expect the disruption to last a minimum of 48 hours, but said residents should plan for up to 72 hours without reliable water service.