Willows is a "special district" authorized under Colorado law to provide utility service to a specific geographical area; the District is a quasi-municipal corporation, a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, and is governed and operated in accordance with the Colorado Special Districts Act. Willows obtains its water by contract with the Denver Water Board. Willows has eight interconnections with Denver Water in accordance with the Master Meter Contract No. 240. Willows provides an average of 2 million gallons of potable drinking water to its customers each day, although the District has a peaking capacity of 19 million gallons through its connections with Denver Water's system. The District's system includes about 80 miles of pipes, ranging in size from six inches to 30 inches, 6,000 service lines and more than 600 fire hydrants.