Northern Water outlines stance on Colorado River strategies

BERTHOUD — The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, based in Berthoud and serving much of northeast Colorado, will cooperate with the Upper Colorado River Basin Commission as it works to reduce impacts on the climate-challenged Colorado River and its downstream dams and reservoirs, but not until overuse of water from the river in the Lower Colorado River Basin is addressed permanently.

In a letter to the commission Tuesday, Northern Water’s general manager sought to clarify where the district stands on the issue. Northern Water hosted its fall water symposium Tuesday in Loveland where the Colorado River along with impacts of…