Confluence: Doing deals during the ‘perfect storm’ of water woes

LOVELAND — Water issues are a challenge for Northern Colorado developers, but that doesn’t mean that projects are impossible to complete or that growth must come to a standstill. 

Local officials and development dealmakers gathered Thursday in Loveland at BizWest’s annual Confluence water conference to discuss not only water-related challenges but also to celebrate success stories. 

“We’re oftentimes not talking about solutions; we’re just talking about problems,” Eklund Hanlon LLC CEO James Eklund said. That’s understandable, given the state is in the midst of the “worst water crisis Colorado has ever seen.”

Eklund said Colorado is facing the “perfect storm” of challenges: a…