A northern Colorado water district company is looking to underground water storage with the goal of improving the region’s water-supply security.
The Fort Collins-Loveland Water District (FCLWD) partnered with FrontRange H2O to develop an on-demand groundwater supply and aquifer storage and recovery system called Vita H2O Project. Once built, the system would store excess water underground during wet years.
Since the water is stored underground — unlike above-ground water storage systems like reservoirs — it won’t evaporate, and the reserve can be pulled from during dry years…