Real Estate & Construction  November 18, 2022

RE Conference: Expect to hear calls for more water storage as climate warms

Members of a panel that discussed the effects of climate change on the real estate industry were, from left, Ted Leighty, CEO of the Homebuilders Association of Metropolitan Denver; Megan Gutwein, attorney with Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP; Kim Hutton, water resource manager for the city of Boulder; and Adam Jokerst, regional director at WestWater Research LLC in Fort Collins. Ken Amundson/BizWest
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BOULDER — More storage.

Communities can expect to hear calls for more storage as the population continues to grow in a world that is getting warmer.

That’s because in addition to those two factors in the American West, the region is losing its largest storage “facility” — if that term can be used to describe it.

Those attending Thursday’s Boulder Valley Real Estate Conference, a BizWest event held at the Embassy Suites hotel in Boulder, heard from water experts who detailed the financial impacts of climate change on the real estate industry, which increasingly has to factor the cost of water into the…

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Ken Amundson is managing editor of BizWest. He has lived in Loveland and reported on issues in the region since 1987. Prior to Colorado, he reported and edited for news organizations in Minnesota and Iowa. He's a parent of two and grandparent of four, all of whom make their homes on the Front Range. A news junkie at heart, he also enjoys competitive sports, especially the Rapids.
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