“If this is all [the water] we get, and we grow at a rate of 4 percent annually, we expect demand to exceed supply between 2027 and 2033. That would be the year we ‘run out of water.’” – Jessica Ahlstrom, Water Conservation Program Manager, Bozeman
With a booming population upwards of 57,000, one that’s grown more than 8 percent since the last census in 2020, Bozeman sits along the northern edge of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem at the top of the drainage of the Missouri River Basin. With no upstream source to find additional water nor surface water rights available to acquire, planning for the city’s future water needs is vital to meeting the demands of this headwaters community.