Rangely is a remote town with a population of just over 2,200 people located in the upper northwest area of Colorado, thirteen miles from the Utah border. The town’s motto is “Way Outside of Ordinary”. The region is part of Colorado’s high desert at 5,297 feet above sea level. Rangely owes its establishment as a town to the region’s geology. The area was covered by a shallow inland sea over three hundred million years ago and as a result, is now home to tremendous crude oil reserves. Rangely produces over 20,000 barrels a day of oil, roughly one-third of Colorado’s total oil output.

Rangely gets 100% of its drinking water from the White River. The town operates a municipal water supply system for its residents and commercial customers. The recently upgraded water plant has a treatment capacity of four million gallons per day with a class “A” conventional surface water treatment facility consisting of settling, chemical addition, coagulation, flocculation, filtration, taste and odor control, chlorination and fluoridation.