About Us
Committed to Delivering Water to Northeastern Colorado While Continuing to Plan for Future Water Needs for Our Growing Region
Since 1937, Northern Water has built a solid reputation of planning for and developing water supplies to approximately 1,021,000 people throughout our boundaries. We were created to contract with the federal government to build the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, and today we continue on our early mission of collecting water west of the Continental Divide and delivering it to Northeastern Colorado for agricultural, municipal, domestic, industrial and environmental uses. We expanded our water portfolio when Northern Water’s Municipal Subdistrict was formed in 1970 by six municipalities to build and operate the Windy Gap Project.
As population continues to boom in our service area, we’re continuing to plan for future water storage projects to meet the growing demands with two new projects planned – the Northern Integrated Supply Project and Chimney Hollow Reservoir Project. While our water projects keep our staff busy in day-to-day operations and future plans, Northern Water provides even more through monitoring weather and water quality data, tracking streamflows and reservoir levels, and providing water planning and efficiency information.
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Northern Water Teams Predict Streamflows Using Variety of Snow, Environmental Data
Snowpack is the most-significant indicator of future streamflows, but other factors include late season precipitation, soil moisture, wildfires and air temperature.
East Troublesome Fire Recovery Efforts Aim to Revitalize Creeks, Wetlands on Forest Service Land
East Troublesome Fire recovery efforts shifted gears in 2024 but with many of the same goals as previous years.
Northern Water Board Director Leads Panel Discussions at Annual Colorado River Gathering
A member of the Northern Water Board of Directors played a large role at the annual gathering of Colorado River water officials this month in Las Vegas.