Bill Thiebaut

The Southern Delivery System, a $2.3 billion pipeline designed to pump water from the Pueblo Reservoir to Colorado Springs, has become a campaign issue in the race for district attorney in Pueblo.

“In my opinion, he should be tougher on making sure that the SDS conditions are being met instead of being too cozy with Colorado Springs. Because I am a thorn in their side, I only hope that they have not talked him into running and slinging mud at me.”

— Pueblo County District Attorney Bill Thiebaut told The Pueblo Chieftain, referring to challenger Jeff Chostner, a county commissioner who Thiebaut says “hasn’t been as aggressive as he has been in holding Colorado Springs accountable for polluting Fountain Creek,” according to the story.