Colorado-Big Thompson system sets storage record

BERTHOUD — Yes, Northern Colorado experienced heavy snowfall last winter in the mountains above the Front Range and, yes, the area also experienced a wet spring.

It’s been so wet, in fact, that the storage reservoirs of the Colorado-Big Thompson project set a record for storage, and the project released additional water down the Colorado River to help fill reservoirs to the west.

The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District said in a recent newsletter that some areas of the Northern Water region saw its wettest May and June since records began in the 1890s.

The C-BT project and its reservoirs began operations 66…