The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District — more commonly referred to as Northern Water — is a

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for eight counties in northeastern

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. Northern Water works with the Colorado-Big Thompson Project to

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water from the

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over the Continental Divide for agricultural, industrial, and municipal water supply in northeastern Colorado. The District's offices are in Berthoud, Colorado.

Water supply infrastructure

Northern Water manages numerous water infrastructure projects, including reservoirs, pipelines and tunnels, dams, hydroelectric plants, and feeder canals. For example, the

Alva B. Adams Tunnel The Alva B. Adams Tunnel is the principal component of the largest transmountain water project in Colorado, the Colorado-Big Thompson Project (C-BT). The tunnel transfers water from the western slope of the Colorado River drainage to the eastern F ...

brings water from the Upper Colorado River basin across the mountains to the

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watershed in northern Colorado. Also,

Horsetooth Reservoir Horsetooth Reservoir (often known locally as Horsetooth) is a large reservoir in southern Larimer County, Colorado, in the foothills just west of the city of Fort Collins, Colorado. The reservoir runs north-south for approximately 6.5 miles (1 ...

, west of

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is among the more well-known reservoirs Northern Water manages.

Northern Integrated Supply Project

The Northern Integrated Supply Project is a project managed by Northern Water which proposes to build two new reservoirs in Northern Colorado. The proposed Glade Reservoir will take and store water from the

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, and the proposed Galeton Reservoir will pull water from the

. However, the project faces organized opposition.

Municipal Subdistrict

The Municipal Subdistrict, a subordinate organization of Northern Water, was formed on July 6, 1970. The subdistrict was set up to take advantage of some unallocated Colorado River water that could also be piped over the divide for the benefit of Northern Waters customers. The Windy Gap Project, as it came to be called, provided for the construction of a diversion dam near Granby in Grand County. Now the Windy Gap Reservoir is able to divert about 48,000 acre feet of water each year to users within Northern Water's service area.

Board of Directors

Directors of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District represent eight counties in northeastern, Colorado. MIKE APPLEGATE Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2023 BILL EMSLIE Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2025 JENNIFER GIMBEL Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2024 SUE ELLEN HARRISON Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2022 DON MAGNUSON Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2024 GENE MANUELLO Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2022 ROB MCCLARY Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2023 DAVID NETTLES Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2022 JOHN RUSCH Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2025 DALE TROWBRIDGE Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2023 TODD WILLIAMS Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2025 DENNIS YANCHUNAS Term Ends: Sept. 28, 2024

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