Poudre groups sue to overturn decisions regarding NISP project

FORT COLLINS — Two organizations that seek to prevent the construction of the Northern Integrated Supply Project in Northern Colorado have filed an amended complaint in Larimer County District Court seeking to overturn actions from this summer that move the project forward.

NISP is a water-development project on behalf of 15 communities or districts that will create two new reservoirs to supply 13 billion gallons of water annually to its member communities. It is planned for completion by 2028. While most of the project is outside the city of Fort Collins, some elements of it will cross land within the city…