Water supply outlook improves

The deepest mountain snow pack in recent years has led a key water agency to loosen its grip on supplies for the coming summer.
The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District announced Thursday that residents who rely on the Colorado-Big Thompson water project they will receive 70 percent of their allocation.
The conservancy district is a public agency that provides water to 725,000 northeastern Colorado residents and manages the Colorado-Big Thompson project, the water supply system that taps sources on the West Slope and diverts water to the Front Range.
Last year, the agency declared a 60 percent quota for Colorado-Big Thompson water users.
The quota is determined by a number of factors including snow pack in the South Platte and Upper Colorado river basins and by water remaining from the previous year in the system.
The statewide snow pack average is 107 percent of average and 167 percent of last year’s figure. The snow pack in the South Platte basin that feeds the Poudre River is at 89 percent and in the Upper Colorado at 91 percent.

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