Fort Collins giving up Halligan, joining NISP

Fort Collins is abandoning its effort to expand Halligan Reservoir to store historic water rights and instead will sign onto Northern Water’s troubled Glade project, after concluding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would not approve a bigger Halligan dam. 

City officials would not comment in detail before preview materials for the Oct. 20 City Council and water board meetings are released Thursday, but sounded the death knell for Halligan in a response to Colorado Sun questions. 

The online notice of the Fort Collins City Council and Water Utility Enterprise Board regular meetings includes an item to consider “Resolution/Ordinance-1st Reading – Water Storage Agreements, Re-appropriation of Project Funds, and Withdrawal of Permit Application.” 

“For…