HomeMy WebLinkAboutApplications - Water Adequacy - 08/29/2025Revised 05/16/2024 281 N College Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80525 970.221.6689, planning@fcgov.com Water Adequacy Determination 2|2
Water Adequacy Determination Application
Required Submittal Materials
□Overall Map of Development area to be served.
o Deferral request (For simple projects; materials due at Construction or Building Permit stage);
OR
o Detailed information related to the water demand of the project.
For areas served by Fort Collins Utilities, City approval of Final Plans acts as acknowledgment of
willingness and ability to serve.
For areas served by ELCO and FCLWD:
□Please provide “Will Serve” Letter from a Colorado Licensed PE or Water Supply Expert from the Water
Supply Entity which:
•Describes the development area(s) to be served;
•States the ability to provide an adequate water supply;
•States the entities commitment, and any conditions, to provide adequate supply and service; and
•Identifies the length of time for which the letter is valid.
Non-Potable Water Suppliers for Permanent Irrigation Systems
□Summary document linking the information provided to the standard of review as indicated in the land
use code.
□Provide a report from a Professional Engineer, licensed in Colorado, providing the Water Supply
Description, to include at minimum:
Estimated demand analysis of project through build-out, including impact of phasing.
Physical Source of Water Provider’s water supply, and water quality test results.
Description of all elements of the Project’s Water Portfolio, currently-owned or planned.
Description and Estimate of Total Project Portfolio Yield under various hydrologic conditions.
-Historical temporal availability of proposed supplies, annual volumetric yield, and frequent and flow rate of
deliveries.
-Decreed place of use
-Augmentation requirements
Water demand management measures that may be implemented to account for hydrologic variability.
Description of all water conservation measures to be applied; and how enforced and effectuated.
Financial documents reflecting entity’s ability to create and maintain supply in perpetuity.
Statement describing how the entity ensures water conservation measures that meet or exceed City
requirements.
Approval documentation from other regulatory agencies, as well as any established potable water supply
entity whose service area contains the proposed non-potable system.
Upon review of submittal materials, the Director may require additional information be provided;
all such information shall be provided prior to final approval of any development or permit.