Manitou/ Colorado springs Drinking Water Comparison

Manitou Springs drinking water comes from snow melt and natural spring water on pikes peak. There is a reservoir on the peak that holds the water imaginatively called the Manitou Springs Reservoir. The water exceeds state and federal water regulations. There is a watershed on the peak and takes up 30 acres of National Forest and the reservoir takes up 720 acre feet of land. Colorado Springs gets 3/4 of its water from mountain springs in Aspen, Leadville, and Breckenridge. This water is taken to the Rampart and Catamount reservoirs by pipes. The other fourth of the water comes from ground water supplies such as the Northern and Southern slopes, and other river resources. However both places exceed state and federal water regulations.