Northern Integrated Supply Project

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Provides a secure water future for Northern Colorado

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Enhances recreation opportunities to encourage healthy, outdoor lifestyle

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Supports environmental and wildlife stewardship

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Improves safety and reliability while reducing water waste

How We'll Do It

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Create two new water storage reservoirs that will provide substantial public outdoor recreation opportunities

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Relocate and bring up to modern safety standards approximately seven miles of U.S. Highway 287 northwest of Fort Collins

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Complete various ditch and canal improvements throughout the system to increase reliability and reduce waste

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Bury large, safe, resilient pipelines to enable cooperative water exchanges and delivery to cities, towns and water districts that provide water to 500,000 people today

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Contractors Gather to Learn About NISP Next Steps

Nearly 150 industry representatives gathered on Wednesday, April 16, to learn more about the contracting and construction process for the Northern Integrated Supply Project.

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Glade Dam, U.S. 287 and Pipelines: Your Guide to NISP Construction

The conclusion of the federal litigation against the NISP permit means the project can move forward more rapidly toward construction.

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Lawsuit Settlement Clears the Way for NISP Construction

Northern Water and Save the Poudre have reached a settlement to the lawsuit challenging the federal permit issued for NISP, clearing the way for the construction of the vital water supply project.