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Can Pagosa’s Hot Water Heat Homes, Grow Plants & Generate Power? (Mountain Town News)

Public-private partnerships hopes to soon begin drilling

Hot, mineralized water is abundant at Pagosa Springs. Photo/Allen Best

Nobody doubts that the Colorado town of Pagosa Springs has hot water. It bubbles to the surface at around 140 degrees and in quantities sufficient to sustain a large commercial spa and several more public pools along the San Juan River.

As well, the hot water heats 13 businesses and 5 homes in downtown Pagosa Springs plus the Archuleta County courthouse, delivering this energy at a cost roughly 20 to 25 percent below the going rate for natural gas and 30 percent less than electricity.

But is there sufficient hot water available to produce electricity, warm 10 acres of greenhouses, and deliver heat to 600 homes?

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