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As the valve house begins to take shape, crews are wrapping up all valve installations inside.

Site experts give us an inside look at key components of project construction, including the labs, spillway, main dam, saddle dam and future Larimer County Chimney Hollow Open Space.

New legislation to provide state financing help for two Northern Colorado water projects has been signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis.

Chimney Hollow Open Space is 1,847 total acres and is located just west of Chimney Hollow Reservoir, which is 760 surface acres (by comparison, nearby Carter Lake is 1,100 surface acres).

A natural rise in the rocks more than 200 feet from the valley floor separated a small trough from the main valley, meaning crews would have to fill it with its own asphalt core and fill material.

The Municipal Subdistrict Board President Bill Emslie and Vice President Dick Wolfe have a unique involvement in the Chimney Hollow Reservoir Project given their roles and experience.

By the end of June, the remaining valves for the Chimney Hollow Reservoir Project are expected to be tested and upon approval, will be shipped to the site from Germany.

Project managers and construction crews continue sparing no detail in making sure the water in Chimney Hollow Reservoir, once built, stays in all the right places.

Northern Water’s Director of Engineering Jeff Drager has been a long-time face to the Chimney Hollow Reservoir Project, having served as the Project Manager since the project’s conception in 1995.