Nov. 30, 2023
Operations and Maintenance Work Completed on C-BT System
Fall and winter are important times for the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. After a spring and summer of positioning water in East Slope reservoirs for delivery to Northern Water allottees, project managers use brief windows outside of the peak water use season to make necessary repairs and maintenance to portions the system.
This fall was no exception. Because a short maintenance period in the spring was not available this year, Northern Water crews had a list of projects to address during an outage on the Hansen Feeder Canal connecting Flatiron Reservoir and Horsetooth Reservoir west of Loveland. Many elements of the C-BT Project were built in the 1950s and require upkeep, while technological advances allow for new and improved systems to be put in place.
Additional work is planned this winter to ensure the Colorado-Big Thompson Project infrastructure will continue to deliver water efficiently for years to come.