FORT COLLINS, Colo. — While the Poudre River has been flowing through Fort Collins for thousands of years, the city surrounding it continues to change.
Fort Collins’ population is expected to grow to 250,000 people by 2040, according to the city’s 2024 strategic plan. As of 2020, the estimated population was 174,871.
And with the number of people living in Northern Colorado growing, so does the demand for water.
Denver7 | Your Voice headed north to hear more about this need and what this project could look like moving forward.
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“It might be raining right now, but we’re going to have periods where we won’t have rain,” Jeff Stahla, public information officer for Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, told Denver7 on a rainy Fort Collins day in September…