After a dry winter, Boulder officials say the city’s water supply remains in good shape, for now, but are preparing residents for possible conservation measures.
“We’re watching the situation closely,” Director of Utilities Joe Taddeucci told the city’s Water Resources Advisory Board on March 16.
Boulder has several water resources, including local reservoirs and an allocation from the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, which brings water from the Colorado River Basin to the Front Range. Several key reservoirs, including Barker Reservoir near Nederland, sources in the Silver Lake watershed and Boulder Reservoir, currently appear to be healthy. As an older city, Boulder has senior water rights compared to towns like Erie and Superior, which rely more heavily on the Colorado River…