Larimer-Thornton water dispute still unresolved after appeals court ruling

FORT COLLINS and THORNTON — The city of Thornton is again considering its options after being dealt another setback in its lengthy efforts to build a pipeline that would carry water it owns through Larimer County for delivery to the growing northern Denver suburb.

The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a Feb. 11, 2019, decision by the Board of Larimer County Commissioners to deny Thornton’s application for the initial 27-mile-long, 48-inch-diameter Larimer segment of a 72-mile-long pipeline that would carry water from farmland it owns northwest of Fort Collins eastward into Weld County, then south through Weld and Adams…