Northern water district eyes Yampa diversion

BERTHOUD – Even though its Northern Integrated Supply Project is out on the table and awaiting federal review and public scrutiny, the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District is not letting other possible water supply alternatives go unexamined.

Late last month, the District released a report on a potential project that could yield more than 300,000 acre-feet of water by diverting it from the Yampa River on the state’s Western Slope. That amount would bring a staggering new supply to the ever-thirsty Front Range.

“We’re hopeful it would take us well beyond 2030 – probably to 2050 – taking care of perhaps most…