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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/22/2007 - SAVE THE POUDRE COALITION PRESENTATION ON THE NORT DATE: May 22, 2007 WORK SESSION ITEM STAFF: FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION Save the Poudre Coalition Presentation on the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP). GENERAL DIRECTION SOUGHT AND SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED Members of a Fort Collins-based citizens' coalition, The Save The Poudre Coalition (http://savethepoudre.org)will give a 20 minute presentation and answer questions about the NISP project and its impacts on the Poudre River. BACKGROUND The Save The Poudre Coalition supports a balanced approached to planning for Northern Colorado's future that relies on the efficient use of financial and natural resources. The Coalition specifically addresses issues that affect the Cache la Poudre River and the investment that the State of Colorado, the local counties, and the local communities have made in preserving the River and the landscape around it. The Coalition believes the Northern Integrated Supply Project is a threat to a balanced future, a threat to the efficient use of financial and natural resources, and a threat to the investment we have all made in the Cache la Poudre River. The Coalition promotes a balanced solution to Northern Colorado's future through positive win-win alternatives. Working with statewide partners, the Coalition believes that positive win-win alternatives to the NISP project exist, and that embracing these alternatives will provide the most responsible path forward for Northern Colorado. Specifically, the Coalition has outlined a path forward that involves water conservation and efficiency, water sharing with municipal and agricultural users,and legal/financial opportunities to protect and enhance stream flows in the Cache la Poudre River. Ultimately, the Save The Poudre Coalition believes that what is good for the environment is good for the economy. The Cache la Poudre River is increasingly becoming an economic engine of recreational opportunity for Northern Colorado, and our society is increasingly aware that any economic path forward must promote sustainability if it hopes to achieve economic prosperity. By working together with municipalities -- including the City of Fort Collins --the Coalition wants to embrace a partnership that enhances our natural resources rather than diminishes them. The Coalition would be delighted to explore any opportunity to work with the City of Fort Collins for our combined, sustainable, economically healthy future. May 22, 2007 Page 2 The Save The Poudre Coalition includes the following groups at this time: 1. Poudre Paddlers 2. The Fort Collins Audubon Society 3. Sierra Club, Poudre Canyon Group 4. Friends of the Poudre 5. The Bean Cycle and Matter Bookstore 6. Citizen Planners 7. The Colorado Environmental Coalition ATTACHMENTS 1. PowerPoint presentation. 2. "Glade doesn't stand up to public scrutiny,"Colorado an,by Mark Easter,February 22,2007 3. "Will Glade Reservoir Really Benefit Agriculturefort Collins Weekly,by George Wallace, March 7, 2007. 4. "Applegate Deceives Taxpayers," Fort Collins Weekly, by Gary Wockner, February 20, 2007. 5. NISP informational Flyer aq �� We trust, all others bring data. " -- W. Edward Conservation Partners ik This presentation and the research behind it were supported in numerous ways by the following organizations : jjse re Ca Rocky Mountain . • : -�� if -Add P - � � - 1 ' CollinsFort COLORADO COALITION Tlie C1[fmni Vai¢ for Cobratlos �fo"lR �94 Iti il�y�i`�iA�.�.i� This coalition is not anti-growth . We are committed to positive, balanced solutions for the long term health of the Poudre River and the ' sustainability of our economy. What's good for the land , air, water, and wildlife is good for people and good for our economy. J 1 t y - �� mWilklo-, IF NNIVW a �INNINNig JON r %y Most of this stretch is on the EPA/State of Colorado r ' "Watch List" because of poor water quality V !e Larimer and 'NIP • IN. -=::' , • ` Weld Canal IL • . " Winter dry up i0 k Watson Lake 11 Irrigation season 4 , . p• ; . I •ti ?and Winter dry ups- , ' eR N r , Little Cache and Taylor �� `1: , rf��.' 71 ai, + , • and Gill Ditches ' ... ii � k r • Y .+ ® v� Winter dry up Oglivy Ditch Timnath Reservoir Inlet Winter dry up Irrigation season dry up Fossil Creek Reservoir 'nip t } Irrigation season and Winter dry up Greeley Ditch Irrigation season and Winter dry up 2 NISP/Glade Threat to the Pou , and our Quality of Life Highway 287 _1111=11 MIN • Cost? $400 million base , $~ 825 million (including interest) . r Seaman p . Reservoir � �. •Size? Glade - 177 , 000 acre-feet, or E�cpansion 57 ,684 , 300 , 000 gallons of water that will come directly from the Poudre River. = 40 , 000+ acre-feet per year will no longer Glade flow through town . Reservoir • Location? On Highway 287 , 1 mile north of Ted 's Place . • How will Glade Fill ? Take water out of k the Poudre River pump it to the reservoir. Highway 14 Ted 's Place • Who wants the water? Sixteen cities and water districts , most of whom are Cache la Poudre River outside the Poudre River Basin . Seri N ade 1 . Drain more water out of the Poudre resulting in recreational and biological impacts and the death of the "June Rise . " 2 . Put cities and taxpayers in debt . Some cities will finance debt of up to $ 20 , 000 per family . , _ DJ77 " - Overall hydrograph flatlined in Fort Collins. Springtime peak flows reduced over -50%Average Poucre River Flow Regime - Winter flows already reduced up to 90%, further losses likely. June Rise 2000 law low Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep �t Nov Dec Biological Water quality: ammonia and nitrates Wetlands _ - - Riparian Forest - - - - - _ u Recreational River "dry-ups" pervasive already Existing flows would be reduced yet again ;ter ,,� - by Fishery impacted from the mouth to the --. �" � �._. - -�--, : confluence - -- Boating below the Canyon mouth impacted ISO ecosystem and wetlands threatened SubsMP aria lZinanni' Risks to IN ater Districts ,,, NISP Approx NISP Outside Paid for by: Share of Capital Debt plus Poudre • Bonds (voted on Entity NISP (AF) Debt Interest Basin by the citizens?) • Tap Fees on new Berthoud 11300 $ 13, 1621500 $27 ,0001000 Outside homes CWCWD* 71100 $71 ,887,500 $ 14610001000 Outside • State Loans State by Eaton 11300 $ 13, 162,500 $27 ,0001000 Outside taxpayers • Water Rates on Erie 61500 $65,8121500 $ 1365000 ,000 Outside existing water users Evans 11600 $ 16,2001000 $33 , 000 ,000 Outside FCLWD 39000 $30,3759000 $63,000,000 Inside Ft. Lupton 31000 $30,375,000 $63 ,0001000 Outside Ft. Morgan 3 ,600 $367450 ,000 $75 ,0001000 Outside Lafayette 1 ,800 $ 18,225,000 $38 ,0001000 Outside LHWD 47900 $49,6127500 $ 1027000 ,000 Outside There is a A ED Approach will save water, save mone save ms , Save T • Conservation and efficiency can save • Use water-efficient appliances _ �° and fixtures �, • Use water-wise landscaping and ' �` w.,,�,;. . , • Educate the public ( important ! ) - `�" - ` . • Re-use water where possible • Improve delivery efficiency - • Fully utilize existing reservoirs • Facilitate municipal/agricult water sortant! ) Five to twenty times cheaper than _ _ _ I ew reservoirs in Colorado ! ! "Protecting nature is protecting ourselves." Potential House vin s Daily Per Capita Water Use - NISP Communities 1 2 Conservation 0 - Savings of just 0 25%-33% are easily 1 II ■����■Tr■��II■ :1= OM 0 100 Current NISP M subscribers do 2% LM little or no water , II , O) WCU11 CO III M - - .. ' Subscriber Experts in water conservation research who have studied growing cities in the arid west believe that new technology can yield a 37% water savings, and changes in behavior can yield an additional 37% water savings. LOA ' on and Y rlmrayl • Conservation and efficiency can save 50 % of water or more ! • Upgrade to efficient irrigation sprinklers • Line ditches and use pipes where possible • Fully utilize existing reservoirs • Convert to lower consumptive crops • Upgrade equipment to achieve best management practices • Create interruptible supply agreements and partnerships — share water with cities and agricultural users so farmers can keep farming (important! ) T • Two to ten times cheaper than new reservoirs in Colorado ! "Education is the key to conservation." Potential W er Efficiency Savings with ult rigation Flood 40% Furrow 50% Gated Pipe 60% Center Pivot Circle 85% Center Pivot with Corner 1 85% Three quarters of the farms in the Poudre basin use flood or furrow irrigation. If we conserve 15% of ag water, we can double the amount of water available for cities. ti. A balanced approach will allow : Farmers to keep farming . Cities to keep growing at normal , manageable rates . City governments and citizens to minimize public debt. Water to be supplied through apay-as-you -go method , rather than a debt-ridden one-size-fits-all method . A balanced approach would require that we : Change the prevailing attitude and laws that lead to draining the river first, leaving conservation/efficiency as a last resort. Do not build or expand more reservoirs until conservation , efficiency, and water sharing ( interruptible supply agreements ) have been fully implemented . Adopt acommunity-based river management approach that: Restores some streamflows and improves water quality. Seeks long-term sustainability of aquatic, wetland , and riparian forest habitat. Establishes a water trust for senior water rights to support restoration . It's time to get serious about water conservation . .D . SHELTON '111 i1�lc® , , , - - RM D JI I ` Maybe not this serious . This is tfoupp This not balance . ppp } A ' � A PovDBit- IDt VE www . S - a O t i • - ATTACHMENT Fort Collins Coloradoan, Feb. 22, 2007 Glade doesn't stand up to public scrutiny by Mark Easter Mike Applegate (board president of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, or NCWCD)recently wrote in these pages about the proposed Glade Reservoir, offering us only one choice: drain the Poudre River of its last free-flowing water or bulldoze local farms. This disingenuous argument was one of almost a dozen misleading statements and outright falsehoods he used to defend Glade/NISP. It begs the question- does the project stand on its own under public scrutiny? I think not. The public needs to know that Glade would require developing at least 20,000 acres of farmland just to pay for itself. Northern's own data indicates that Glade's subscribers - most of them in suburban Denver- plan to borrow nearly all of the $405 million price tag and sell water tap fees (read "build new subdivisions") to pay down the debt. Building Glade would require the subscribing communities to grow up to three times faster than the regional growth rate. Erie, for example, plans to borrow about $65 million ($130 million with interest). That is over $20,000 in debt($40,000 with interest) for each four-person family. If tap fees sell slowly or the economy slows, existing residents will see their water rates rise. The bottom line: NCWCD's "save the farms" lingo is bait-and switch -Northern is spinning this project as a savior to local agriculture, preying on public sympathy for fanners. I don't buy it, and neither do any of the farmers that I've talked to. It is an especially cynical move considering little to none of the water from Glade would go to farmers. To give it credit, Northern is studying conservation and efficiency but has offered no initiatives to integrate water use efficiency into the regional water supply. Northern has the expertise and the financial resources and, arguably, the perspective, to develop sustainable solutions under which agriculture and communities thrive while keeping our rivers healthy and vital. Instead, they have invested millions of dollars designing the highly questionable and unsustainable NISP project, which would literally kill the Poudre River. Applegate also wrote "In-stream flow requirements guarantee that a new project will not dry up the river." This is simply untrue. No such guarantee exists. A city of Fort Collins utility manager recently reported the one instream flow requirement we have is "very small, is a very junior water right, is only in two short stretches of the Poudre in Fort Collins, and is not enforced." The Poudre River is already frequently dry in several places. Please go to ATTACHMENT www.SaveThe Poudre.Org and click on "The Dam Truth" to view a map of significant dry-ups that already exist. Applegate also claimed: "The majority of water to be stored in Glade Reservoir comes from exchanges with century-old river diversions. The reservoir would fill with water that's already being diverted from the Poudre." The truth is that the entire premise of the NISP/Glade project is to capture the last remaining free-flowing Poudre River water that is currently unallocated. If Glade were to be built, approximately 40,000 acre-feet of water per year would no longer flow through Fort Collins, cutting the river's already beleaguered flows in half yet again. Colorado is forging ahead to develop a sustainable long-term energy portfolio. We must do the same for our rivers. At a time when we require positive leadership toward sustainability, the NISP/Glade project offers only a myopic view backward. Our rivers are basic and fundamental to our economy and to the region. They matter. We need water supply solutions that reflect that reality. The era of big dam projects is over. The era of restored rivers and real water conservation is upon us. We must imagine a different future for ourselves with a vibrant, diverse economy, a healthy environment, productive agricultural lands, and with a restored, functioning Cache la Poudre River at its center. Please go to www.SaveThe Poudre.org for more information. Mark Easter lives in Fort Collins. ATTACHMENT Fort Collins Weekly, Mar 7, 2007 Will Glade Reservoir Really Benefit Agriculture? By George Wallace Several recent letters and articles in the region's news media have implied that the proposed Glade Reservoir and the Northern Integrated Supply Project(NISP)will benefit agriculture by slowing the transfer of water from farms to domestic users. As one who values our irrigated agricultural heritage and who thinks being able to produce food,fiber and fuel locally will become more important in today's uncertain world,I would like to examine that assumption. NISP includes two major reservoirs,forebays,pipelines,canal enlargements,pumping stations and a myriad of other structures with a cost of nearly$500 million. Should it be built,it would be paid for largely by revenue bonds. That means participating jurisdictions must grow to pay for it. Many NISP partners are water districts that serve large rural areas(read ag land)or small towns that are aggressively annexing rural land(read ag land again). Any drive to Denver,Greeley or Fort Morgan will reveal this trend. This is where the growth will occur and farms will be sold to accommodate that growth as water supplies become available. Ambitious towns like Erie and Special Districts like the Central Weld County Water District that have not developed good supplies yet want NISP to supply them with water so that they can quadruple and triple, respectively, the number of residences they serve(see the tables on participant supply and projected demand, www.ncwcd.org,executive summary of NISP Phase II report). Citizens of Larimer County and Fort Collins have painstakingly developed master plans to reduce sprawl, manage growth and minimize the loss of ag land and water. The goals of many NISP participants seem to greatly undermine those efforts since they must become drivers of Waal sprawl in order to pay their share of NISP. Loss of ag land aside,NISP provides no new water that would be decreed for agriculture.NISP is water for growth,which eliminates farmland.Moreover the water exchanges required by NISP make agriculture less robust.North Weld farmers around the proposed Galeton Reservoir would be asked to exchange the renewable, snowmelt-supplied, gravity fed,high-quality water they now receive(so it can go into Glade)in return for Denver effluent which must be pumped and booster pumped back to their canals(from the South Platte). Closer to home, Glade would submerge the North Poudre Irrigation Company's(NPIC)gravity fed Munroe canal and for two months of the irrigation season NPIC will have to use large horsepower pumps to move water several miles back north to those of us who irrigate using NPIC. Like the water Northern Weld farmers will receive,the water we would get from Glade would be warmer and cause more aquatic vegetation to grow in our ditches and reservoirs. In many other ways,Northern Latimer County residents will bear most of the impacts from Glade(years of construction,a whole separate set of impacts from the Highway 287 relocation,a drain on our remaining ATTACHMENT 3 sand and gravel resources, loss of the rare Hook and Moore Glade landscape,a highway cutting through of one of the area's remaining large ranches etc.)and get almost none of the water in return. If you care about agriculture and what it provides us,there are ways to minimize ag dry up and loss of ag land. Interruptible supply strategies allow farmers to share part of their water in dry years with compensation from domestic users. With water sharing,the whole agricultural landscape with its irrigation infrastructure becomes a ready-made and an already-paid-for reservoir. If farmers and ranchers see their water as a way to generate income without selling it,we have a win-win scenario and fewer potential transfers. Add to this the continuation of programs that now exist to help producers stay on the land like conservation easements,state tax credits,cluster development,transferable development rights,buy local movements,or cetera,and we have a chance to keep some agriculture around. NISP and water supply in general are complex and I am still leaming,but it does not appear to me that NISP is necessarily good for agriculture. George Wallace lives and farms north of Fort Collins, is a member of the County Ag Advisory Board and a former Planning Commissioner. ATTACHMENT Fort Collins Weekly, Feb 20, 2007 Applegate Deceives Taxpayers By Gary Wockner Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act. —George Orwell In the context of the proposed Glade Reservoir on the Cache Is Poudre River, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District board chair,Mike Applegate, started out his column in last week's Weeklv by saying: "Northern Colorado is in danger of losing a piece of its history." To that, I say: A-men. In fact,we're in danger of losing two pieces of our local history: first,the Cache Is Poudre River,and second,honesty and fiscal responsibility in government. Applegate makes several claims about the Cache Is Poudre River that are irrelevant,purposely deceptive or simply false. Below are his bullet points, and my rebuttal. Applegate Point 1: "More than 90 percent of the Poudre above the canyon mouth is designated as Wild and Scenic. This protects habitat and recreation within Poudre Canyon." Rebuttal 1: Only about 30 percent of the three forks of the Poudre are protected by the Wild and Scenic river designation above the canyon mouth,but that is beside the point.The proposed Glade Reservoir would drain water out of the river below the canyon mouth through Fort Collins and Windsor,all the way to the confluence with the South Platte beyond Greeley. Applegate's point is irrelevant. Applegate Point 2: "There would be no dam on the Poudre.Glade Reservoir is located off-stream on undeveloped land already owned by the District." Rebuttal 2: This is another irrelevant and deceptive statement. Whether you dam the Poudre or drain the water out of it and pump it(at great expense) into a nearby reservoir,the net impact is the same.More than 60 miles of the Poudre from the canyon mouth to the South Platte would be severely degraded and more frequently dry. And let me make the point here that the"District"is a taxpayer-funded public agency.It does not"own"the land any more than the Park Service owns Rocky Mountain National Park—we,the taxpayers,"own"that land. We bought it,and we authorize the District to manage it for us. Applegate Point 3: "In-stream flow requirements guarantee that a new project will not dry up the river." Rebuttal 3:This is a false statement and District knows it.For a fact,just last week I had a meeting with the mayor of Fort Collins and the director of the Fort Collins Water Utility. In the director's words,this instream flow requirement is"very small, is a very junior water right,is only in two short stretches of the Poudre in Fort Collins, and is not enforced."Moreover, the Poudre is already frequently dry.Please visit www.SaveThePoudre.org and click on"The Dam Truth"to view a photo and map ofjust some of the dry- ups that already occur. ATTACHMENT Applegate Point 4: "The majority of water to be stored in Glade Reservoir comes from exchanges with century-old river diversions.The reservoir would fill with water that's already being diverted from the Poudre." Rebuttal 4: This is a deceptive and false statement.The truth is that if this dam were built,approximately 40,000 acre-feet of water(that's over 13 billion gallons)per year would no longer flow through Fort Collins. Applegate Point 5: "Without NISP,the 16 participants would build separate projects instead of pooling their resources,which would be more harmful to our environment." Rebuttal 5: 1 beg to differ. For the hundreds-of-thousands of citizens in Fort Collins,Windsor,and Greeley who live by and enjoy the Poudre River,the harm to the river from the proposed NISP/Glade project would be devastating. Which leads me back to the second piece of local history we're in danger of losing:honesty and fiscal responsibility in government. The District has a budget of$26 million per year,a"public information" budget of$500,000 per year,and is positioning itself to build and manage a project that will cost nearly$1 billion dollars of taxpayer money. Why is the District's board chair spreading irrelevant,misleading,and patently false information to the public? Just what,Mr. Applegate, are you trying to sell us—a sustainable responsible future,or a used car? Gary Wockner, PhD, (garvwockner.com) is a writer and ecologist in Fort Collins. I� ATTACHMENT 5 SIE CLUB FOUNDED 1892 Poudre Canyon Group PO Box 20, Fort Collins, CO 80521 (970) 493-0314 www.rmc.sierraclub.orV,/oc� The Endangered Cache la Poudre River n' For nearly a century and half, the Cache la Poudre River has been �h dammed and diverted. Nearly 90% of its water pools behind dams or is diverted out of the river for agriculture, municipal, and industrial uses. r are. At its junction with the South Platte River, the river has become a depleted, stinking ditch for most of the year. A small amount of the river' s water is unallocated. It runs freely andI manages to peak every three of four years, and these periodic, minor peaking flows are essential for maintaining ecosystem health and improving water quality. Tsvu. Three large new dams have been proposed to impound this last 4 remaining unallocated water in the river. The most potentially . damaging of these is the proposed Glade Reservoir, part of the Northern Integrated Supply Project, or NISP. The irony is that new dams aren't actually needed in our region. ' Northern Colorado communities, industry, and agriculture can meet -,' a^ I their needs for water for drought protection and growth by conserving existing water resources and utilizing them at maximum efficiency. Leann Glade Rese"Wr Area Map Munro. a Ucn �m J, NWLnnO� Some Facts about the proposed Glade Reservoir — � `" Afifff ", FJMM ann°.,n �n� .anw Cones Dncy ai.Wc/ mcr owes N.nr ® n "a..q. TrW —au� I=0o — v rw.c... _ r�wn. rvow.o.no+.• nano L..c Scale l:b.000 ➢ The project is predicted to cost at least $370 million, with some subscribing communities like the town of Erie taking on approximately $ 15 ,000 in debt per family to finance the water. ➢ At 177,000 acre-feet, the proposed Glade Reservoir would be about 20% larger than Horsetooth Reservoir when full. Yet, the reservoir could only deliver up to 40,000 acre-feet per year on average, about 8- 10% of which will evaporate every year. It will rarely be full. ➢ It would be built between the ridges of the hogback directly north of Ted' s Place, on Highway 287. About six miles of new highway would have to be constructed East of the hogback, to reroute the section of Highway 287 that would be flooded by the dam. ➢ Glade reservoir would receive water only during the wettest years, approximately one year out of four. Peaking flows would be taken from the river via massive pumps at a new diversion dam across the main stem of the Poudre near the mouth of the Poudre Canyon. ➢ The reservoir water level would rise and fall several dozen feet in any given year. During flooding flows, pumps would siphon off between 700 and 1 ,200 cubic feet per second (cfs) off the river, depending on the size of the pumps that get installed. This could be 15 -40% of the river' s flow at the Mouth of the Canyon, depending on the year and timing of the flow. There are better ways to meet our water needs . ATTACHMENT 5 The Glade Reservoir is enormously expensive, and it isn 't needed. We can provide all of the water proposed to be delivered by Glade, and more, at a lower financial and environmental cost, through straightforward and proven conservation techniques, improved water use efficiency by municipal and industrial users, and with very modest improvements in agricultural water use efficiency. These include : ➢ Comprehensive public education and awareness programs about water conservation. ➢ Rebate/retrofit programs for low-water use landscaping, low-water-use toilets, shower heads, and water- wasting appliances . ➢ Water fallowing contracts between municipal, industrial, and agricultural users, with investments in agricultural water conservation and water use efficiency in return for use of agricultural water. ➢ Landscape irrigation monitoring and improvement programs to reduce water wasted in excessive irrigation. ➢ Repairing leaks in ditches and pipelines, lining ditches along all reaches, and using closed pipelines wherever possible. ➢ Tiered water rates that reward conservation with lower costs to customers who conserve . ➢ Use of gray-water systems and interfacing gray-water systems with water recycling systems wherever possible. Glade Reservoir Proiect participants The NISP project is expected to cost at least $370 million. Thirteen communities and water districts have subscribed to shares in NISP . Many are outside the Cache la Poudre Watershed. Most intend to finance their involvement with debt loads of $2 ,000 to $5 ,000 per current resident. Repaying these costs requires higher water rates for existing residents and extraordinary population growth to pay tap fees . As of March, 2006, requested allocations were as follows : Town/Water District NISP Share (Acre-Ft) Share of Cost Contact Info Eaton 1 ,300 $ 12,025 ,000 223 1st Street, Eaton, CO 80615, 970 454-3338 Erie 6,500 $60, 125 ,000 645 Holbrook, Erie, Co 80516, 303 -926-2700 Evans 19600 $ 14,8009000 1100 37th St, Evans CO 80620-2036, 970-339-5344 Ft. Lupton 39000 $271750,000 130 S McKinley Ave, Ft Lupton, CO 80621 , 303 -857-6694 Ft. Morgan 39600 $33 ,3009000 710 E Railroad Ave, Ft Morgan, CO 80701 , 970-867-4310 Windsor 39300 $30,5259000 301 Walnut Street, Windsor, CO 80550, 970-686-7476 Lafayette 1 ,800 $ 169650,000 1290 South Public Road, Lafayette, CO 80026, 303-665-5588 Left Hand Water District 4,900 $459325,000 P.O. Box 210, Niwot, CO 80544-0210, 303-530-4200 Morgan County 19300 $ 129025 ,000 231 Ensign St., Fort Morgan, CO 80701 , 970-542-3512 Ft Collins-Loveland Water District 3 ,000 $27,750,000 5150 Snead Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525-3764, 970-226-3104 Severance 1 ,300 $ 12,025 ,000 231 4th Ave, Severance, CO 80546, 970-686- 1218 Berthoud 1 ,300 $ 12,025 ,000 328 Massachusetts Ave, Berthoud CO 80513 , 970-532-2643 Central Weld Cty Water District 7, 100 $65 ,675 ,000 2235 2nd Ave, Greeley, CO, 970-352- 1284 If you live in one of these communities or water districts, and you are concerned about this project, please contact your elected representatives at the addresses and phone numbers above. Details on the proposed Glade Reservoir can be found at http ://www.ncwcd.org/project features/nisp_doc.asp. You can contact the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District at: 220 Water Avenue, Berthoud, Colorado 80513, 970-532-7700. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Glade Reservoir. You can contact them at : 2232 Dell Range Blvd, Suite 210, Cheyenne, aWyoming 82009, 307-772-2300.