Due to Chimney Hollow Reservoir’s remote location, public outreach and education are key components of the project’s success. During the 2022 tour season, the Chimney Hollow team hosted over 500 tour attendees including participants and water industry professionals, with an additional 500 people who took part in the first Chimney Hollow Community Day for the reservoir’s neighbors.  

In mid-September Project Engineer Jeremy Deuto presented reservoir details to a Colorado State University graduate level Civil Engineering class. He shared design elements of the project’s three dams, the engineering behind the inlet/outlet works and construction progress to date. Two days later, he brought the class on site to see the construction up close.  

Later that month Deuto presented the project to fourth- and fifth-grade students at a local elementary school. Many of the students live around Chimney Hollow Reservoir and were excited to learn about the large project happening right in their neighborhood. Deuto says this was more challenging than presenting to the graduate level engineering class.