Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Volume 126, No. 91
OPINION
Cutting TPP will cost us PAGE 5
SPORTS
CSU wins 68-56 A bridge on the Poudre River seen during the winter. PHOTO BY BROOKE BUCHAN COLLEGIAN
City Council discusses Northern Integrated Supply Project By Gabriel Go @rgabrielgo
Editor’s Note: This story will be updated with the results of the proposal at Collegian.com. The Fort Collins City Council discussed Resolution 5217, which would begin discussions with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, a public agency which provides water to northeastern Colorado on Tuesday. The discussion revolved around a controversial proposal known as the Northern
Integrated Supply Project. The NISP is a proposed project meant to deliver 40,000 acres of water a year to 15 Northern Colorado communities. While the city itself would not participate in the NISP, a portion of southeastern Fort Collins would partake in the project. The NISP would consist of three reservoirs along the Cache La Poudre River, including a large reservoir to the north of the city known as Glade Reservoir which would divert over 1,200 cubic feet per second of the river’s peak flows. This would
reduce river flows by 20 percent annually and by 30 percent during the peak flow months of May, June and July, a staff report said. However, the project is not without opposition. According to non-profit organization Save the Poudre the NISP/Glade Reservoir project would cause immense ecological damage to the Poudre River. According to the organization’s website the project’s aim of reducing peak flows would prevent the river from cleaning itself of algae, endangering the
Poudre’s water quality as well as the habitat of a number of aquatic plants and animals. The staff report also acknowledged that “it is likely the health of the river will be negatively impacted by NISP, especially without well-planned and extensive mitigation actions.” The report states that although the river is able to support a number of ecological systems the Poudre is approaching “critical thresholds below which the river’s health and resilience will suffer.” see COUNCIL on page 4 >>
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