Cortez Industrial Park Dump Station

Visited on April 12. The dump station was closed (seasonal), but the freshwater was abundant! The fresh water is at the little concrete building. Used the quarter machine thinking we’d get 5 gallons/quarter. But one quarter started the pump and it just kept running. We got around 20 gallons for the one quarter and topped off our tank before the pump shut off.

There is a free dump and free non potable water at this station. There is potable water but it does cost a few quarters, not sure how much because we didn't get any potable water. Potable water is across from the dump station on this tiny little building with a huge water spout (for big truck tanks) that sticks out from it. For RV's, there is a smaller water spout on the side of the building. This station has a lot of room for wide turns.

Pretty awesome dump station, if one can call a dump station awesome. Easy access to the dump station even for big rigs and the only catch was they charged a quarter per 5-10 gallons was my best guess. Took $1.00 in quarters to fill up my 30 gallon tank as a point of reference for anyone planning on stopping here. We would still stop here again.

We have a competing toilet so we didn’t need to dump, but we did need to fill our freshwater tank. We also had a bag of garbage we needed to throw away.

The freshwater pump runs on quarters, so you need to have those handy. It cost us $0.75 to fill up, which was awesome. We paid a campground $5 the other day, so this was a whole lot cheaper.

However, there isn’t a place to throw trash away - only recycling. As regular boondockers, we don’t have easy access to a place to throw a large trash bag away, so I was really hoping to be able to do it there. I’d happily pay a $1 a bag or whatever as a disposal fee if they’d like. As an RVer, it would be a huge help.

Otherwise, well worth it, and we’ll be stopping there again whenever we’re in the neighborhood.

The dump is open seasonally May 1st to November 15th each year. We were there late April and called ahead and found out they were open. Call first before you go. The number is 970-565-7320. Very easy to find the station, they have signs with arrows but it is all the way in the back of the industrial park. The dump is completely free. The water station is near the dump, but is not free. There is a quarter machine on the wall near a small spigot for the water. I asked the receptionist the cost of the water and she said it was $.25 for 15 gallons. We spent $1 and got maybe around 50 gallons or so (definitely not 60 gallons). Our 43-gallon tank had some water in it and we filled two 6-gallon water jugs as well. We found out later that the tank was not quite full like we thought so that's why we figure we may have gotten around 50 gallons or less. I wonder if it isn't more like $.25 for 12 gallons. Either way it was convenient and very cheap so we were happy. Great idea for cities to provide this service!