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The Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District (CMCMD) provides Water & Sanitation and TV & Internet as its core services. We also serve the Copper Mountain community through our support of Emergency Services, County Road Maintenance, and community improvement projects. It is our mission to protect public and environmental health, maintain the beauty and vitality of our mountain community, and collaborate with our local partners to support sustainable economic growth, technological advancement, and the unparalleled quality of life at Copper Mountain.

Located about 75 miles west of Denver in beautiful Summit County Colorado is the Resort Community of Copper Mountain. Situated just south of Interstate 70, the area was once known as Wheeler Junction, a settlement founded in the 1880’s and home to miners who were working in the copper mines. As is the case with other areas in Summit County, when the mining claims dried up most of the settlements associated with them did as well. However, in 1971 Chuck Lewis came to the area and decided to build a ski area with construction beginning that summer.

The Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District was formed in the early 1970s to provide a wide of variety of services for Copper Mountain Resort and the growing community. Today, CMCMD is primarily responsible for providing drinking water and wastewater treatment, Television and Internet services, and supporting our local partners in their responsibilities and the services they provide. We work closely with Summit Fire and EMS in support of emergency fire and medical services, with Summit County government to support their annual road maintenance responsibilities, and with our local Resort and Resort Association partners to help fund community projects. 

CMCMD History

The founders of Copper Mountain had the foresight to recognize the potential environmental and public health issues associated with rapid development and lack of adequate water and sanitation facilities. To address these concerns, a Water and Sanitation District was established to provide centralized water and wastewater treatment systems to serve the growing community and resort operations. During the early years of development it became apparent that there were other emerging responsibilities that that should be administered by government-type entity including fire protection, Street Improvements, Television Relay and Translator, and Public Parks with Recreational Facilities among others.

The Metropolitan District was formed in 1975 as the quasi-governmental entity that would take on these responsibilities. The Water & Sanitation District and the Metropolitan District functioned as separate entities until 1996 when they were consolidated into a single Metropolitan District under the same administration and Board of Directors. Hence the cumbersome title of Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District.

Over the years the District has evolved with the growth of the community and the development of Copper Mountain Resort. Along the way Copper Creek Golf Course transferred to Resort ownership, the Tennis Courts were decommissioned, the Fire Department merged with the Lake Dillon Fire District under the current title of Summit Fire and Emergency Services (SFE), and the original telecom services have grown with the industry and the advent of the internet.

Today the District focuses the majority of its energy on Water and Sanitation and Television and Internet Services. Although the Fire Department is no longer affiliated with the District, we work very closely with SFE to support local emergency services. We also work closely with our local Copper Mountain partners to provide financial and administrative support for community projects that range from regular landscape maintenance to large-scale park improvements projects. And at the County level, we work with our local Resort and Resort Association partners to support Summit County in their annual road maintenance responsibilities for the publicly dedicated roads at Copper Mountain. Please visit our Water and Sanitation, TV and Internet, and Other Services pages under the Services tab of the website for more information.