Montrose Water Factory sold only a small part of its business

Montrose Water Factory co-owner Stewart Goforth called The Business Times to clarify that the transition letter emailed to The Business Times, which was used to write a June 11 Business Brief, was incomplete in its details about the business transaction between his company and Culligan of Grand Junction.

Goforth clarified that as of June 2, Culligan of Grand Junction had taken over Montrose Water Factory’s Bottled Water delivery service to customers in Mesa County and Delta County only.

“We sold a small portion of our business,” Goforth said. “The bottled water and also some salt delivery service in the areas aforementioned, that’s what Culligan will now be enthusiastically providing.”

He added, “When it comes to water treatment, we’re still a provider for all of the Western Slope, and we will remain friendly competitors with our new Culligan friends.”

Goforth also clarified he and his wife Jorene’s transition into retirement, as mentioned in the letter, will occur over the next five years. They are “putting the pieces in place” to turn over the business to their family’s next generation of owners.

“Montrose Water Factory isn’t going anywhere,” said Stewart Goforth, who has been in the business for 42 years. “I’ve still got a few good years left in me.”