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City of Fort Collins
Water Security Update
June 9, 2014
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City of Fort Collins -Water Utility Historic
and Projected Water Supply Needed
Historic Projected Existing Firm Yield
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Storage is Critical
•Meets future demand growth
•Necessary for legal obligations
•Provides redundancy and vulnerability protection
(including climate change)
•Place to store what we conserve
•Meets legal return flow obligations
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Storage is Limited
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Halligan Reservoir Enlargement
•Existing reservoir
•Enlarged from 6,500 to ~14,600
acre-feet (AF)
–Fort Collins: 8,125 AF
•Currently in lengthy permitting
process with U.S. Army Corps
–Corps may permit alternative
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Climate Change / Future Issues
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Slope / Impacts to System
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History
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