Plans for the new Fountain Sanitation District Treatment Plant were first proposed in the mid 80's. The formal process began in 1995. The Fountain Sanitation District contracted GMS, Consulting Engineers of Colorado Springs to prepare the facilities plan. In May of 1996, the citizens of Fountain Sanitation District voted to fund partial construction costs for the plant.

The $3.6 million facility went on line in July 1998. Forty seven percent of the construction costs were funded through a revolving loan fund that will be paid back over a 20 year period, and the balance of construction costs were paid by Fountain Sanitation District reserve funds.

The Fountain Sanitation District Treatment Facility uses the same treatment principles that occur naturally in lakes and streams. Ideal conditions are engineered into a treatment plan so that the natural processes are greatly accelerated and controlled. A well designed and operated treatment plant performing within its design limits should remove 90% or better of the pollutants in the wastewater.

Projections for the loading on the existing FSD WWTF indicate that additional wastewater management capability will be required in the near future, now projected for late 2009-2010. The existing FSD WWTF site/property cannot support a WWTF of a size sufficient for build-out of the District's service area. Rather than provide improvements at this site on a phased basis with replacement at another site at some point in the future, the District has elected to proceed with the Lower Fountain Metropolitan Sewage Disposal District (LFMSDD) for implementation of a regional WWTF. Based on the analysis of opportunities available to the members of the LFMSDD and their constituents, the LFMSDD proposes to design, construct and operate the Lower Fountain Regional WWTF on property owned by the LFMSDD. Project schedule is intended to result in an operational plant in late 2010 or early in calendar year 2011 to meet projected needs of the LFMSDD members. The District was one of the founding members of the LFMSDD .