Northern Water, Fort Collins still willing to talk on reservoir plans

FORT COLLINS and BERTHOUD — Parties in a dispute over the Northern Integrated Supply Project said they’re still willing to discuss it, including an option where NISP is ‘grandfathered’ in as regulations against developments of its scope are being written.

Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District in Berthoud, commonly known as Northern Water, wants to build NISP to supply water to 15 towns, municipalities and rural water providers, including two reservoirs.

The 170,000 acre-foot Glade Reservoir and 45,600 acre-foot Galeton Reservoir would deliver 40,000 acre feet of water — 13 billion gallons a year — to 500,000 people starting in 2028. Glade is…