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Platte Valley Water Partnership proposes shared river capture, storage and municipal conveyance to sustain ag communities and supply Front Range partners
Summary
Parker Water and the Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District presented a multi‑phase plan to capture high South Platte flows with shared diversion and storage, potentially yielding tens of thousands of acre‑feet annually and offering an alternative to buy‑and‑dry municipal water transfers; cost estimates range from about $480 million with partners to nearly $900 million if delivered alone.
Representatives from Parker Water, the Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District and local irrigation managers outlined the Platte Valley Water Partnership, a multi‑phase proposal to capture excess South Platte runoff, store it near the river and share infrastructure between agricultural and municipal partners.
Project components and operations: The partnership filed for a junior water right in 2019 at a Lower South Platte diversion and proposes a near‑river capture facility and pump station to deliver water to a new 6,500‑acre‑foot buffer reservoir. From that capture the project could direct…
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