Editing Castle Rock, Colorado (section)

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===
[[Interstate 25]] and [[U.S. Route 87]] run concurrently north-south through Castle Rock. [[U.S. Route 85]], also a north-south route, enters the town from the northwest, meeting I-25 at Exit 184; south of the exit, it runs concurrently with I-25 and U.S. 87. [[State Highway 86 (Colorado)|Colorado State Highway 86]], an east-west route, enters Castle Rock from the east, then turns north and west as Founders Parkway, terminating at its junction with I-25 at Exit 184.<ref name=GoogleMaps>{{cite web | title = Castle Rock, CO | publisher = [[Google Maps]] | url = https://www.google.com/maps?q=Castle+Rock,+CO&hl=en&ll=39.390571,-104.834633&spn=0.086366,0.198269&sll=38.00482,-81.518555&sspn=5.634343,16.875&hnear=Castle+Rock,+Douglas,+Colorado&t=m&z=13 | access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref>

For local transportation within Castle Rock, the town government sponsors a [[voucher]] program for reduced-fare taxi service. This service is available to town residents who are disabled or who do not have access to a vehicle. In addition, the Castle Rock Senior Center offers a shuttle service for resident senior citizens.<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Transportation |publisher=Town of Castle Rock |url=http://www.crgov.com/index.aspx?NID=1251 |access-date=November 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214155359/http://crgov.com/index.aspx?NID=1251 |archive-date=February 14, 2014}}</ref>

Castle Rock does not participate in the Denver metropolitan area's [[Regional Transportation District]]. Municipal voters decided in November 2005 to opt the town out of the district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transportation Master Plan |url=https://www.crgov.com/1840/Transportation-Master-Plan |website=crgov.com |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref> As a result, neither bus nor light-rail service to Denver or any of its other suburbs is available from Castle Rock.

[[BNSF Railway]] and [[Union Pacific Railroad]] each have a freight rail line that runs through Castle Rock.<ref>{{cite web | title = Colorado Statewide Rail System 2012 [Map] | publisher = [[Colorado Department of Transportation]] | url = http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/StatewideMaps/RailSystem.pdf | access-date=November 20, 2013 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131204103835/http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/StatewideMaps/RailSystem.pdf |archive-date=December 4, 2013}}</ref> Both lines run parallel to U.S. 85.<ref name=CDOT/>

===Utilities and water===
CORE Electric Cooperative, based in nearby Sedalia, provides electric power. [[Black Hills Energy]] provides natural-gas service. [[Waste Management, Inc|Waste Management]] and other businesses provide trash removal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Utilities/Services |publisher=Town of Castle Rock |url=http://www.crgov.com/index.aspx?NID=528 |access-date=November 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006025749/http://www.crgov.com/index.aspx?NID=528 |archive-date=October 6, 2013}}</ref>

The town government's Utilities Department oversees water provision, distribution, and infrastructure maintenance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Utilities/Castle Rock Water |publisher=Town of Castle Rock |url=http://www.crgov.com/index.aspx?nid=68 |access-date=November 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908154408/http://crgov.com/index.aspx?nid=68 |archive-date=September 8, 2013}}</ref> Historically, nearly all of the water needed by Castle Rock residents was pumped from aquifers below the ground, including the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714033846/http://geosurvey.state.co.us/wateratlas/chapter6_1page2.asp Denver Basin aquifer]. Beginning in 2013, when the town developed its first strategic plan for the management of water, Castle Rock has moved toward more use of surface water. Between 2006 and 2018, daily per capita water use in Castle Rock declined from 137 gallons to 115 gallons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Know Your Water |url=https://www.crconserve.com/31/Know-Your-Water |website=crconserve.com}}</ref>

Starting in 2020, Castle Rock expected to begin treating sink, tap, and toilet water to potable water quality standards so that it can be reused.<ref>{{cite web |title=Castle Rock to implement 'toilet to tap' surface water treatment system |url=https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/our-colorado/castle-rock-to-implement-toilet-to-tap-surface-water-treatment-system |website=thedenverchannel.com |date=February 21, 2019 |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref> The town aimed to achieve a goal of reliance upon renewable water resources for 75% of municipal needs by 2050 and, by 2020, about one-third of all water used in Castle Rock was expected to be from a reusable source.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibbs |first1=Jessica |title=Castle Rock preparing to turn wastewater into drinking water |url=https://castlerocknewspress.net/stories/castle-rock-preparing-to-turn-wastewater-into-drinking-water,279529 |website=castlerocknewspress.net |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref>

As of July 2019 Castle Rock, Denver, and Pitkin County are the first three Colorado municipal or county governments to adopt a state [https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do?ruleVersionId=6527&fileName=5%20CCR%201002-86 regulation] governing [[greywater]] reuse.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sakas |first1=Michael Elizabeth |title='Greywater' Could Help Solve Colorado's Water Problems. Why Aren't We All Using It? |url=https://www.cpr.org/2019/07/15/as-colorados-water-future-looks-ever-more-scarce-greywater-catches-on-in-spite-of-legal-hurdles/ |website=cpr.org |access-date=December 31, 2019}}</ref>

===Health care===
Castle Rock has several medical offices, an urgent-care facility, and an [[emergency room]]. Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, a full-service hospital, opened on August 1, 2013. The 50-bed hospital offers comprehensive health care to the Douglas County area, with labor and delivery suites, NICU, orthopedic surgery, ICU, and medical imaging.<ref>{{cite web|title=Castle Rock Adventist Hospital|url=http://www.castlerockhospital.org/|access-date=May 20, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522115032/http://www.castlerockhospital.org/|archive-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref>