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Northglenn staff warns dry mountain snowpack could push city from voluntary to mandatory water restrictions
Summary
Director of Public Works Sarah Borgers told the City Council Northglenn's primary supply from Stanley Lake is at risk because mountain snowpack and streamflow forecasts are below average; staff would consider declaring stage 2 drought if storage projections fall to roughly 5,000 acre-feet and recommended education-first outreach now.
Director of Public Works Sarah Borgers told the Northglenn City Council on March 16 that the city's primary supply, Stanley Lake, is showing lower-than-normal snowpack and that staff are monitoring indicators that could require mandatory restrictions.
Borgers said Northglenn shares a pipeline with Thornton and relies on a mix of local storage and water-right allocations. "Our maximum is close to 7,000 acre-feet," she said. "If we're at 6,000 acre-feet, that would be a drought stage 1, and 5,000 acre-feet would be a drought stage 2." Borgers added that staff would likely need to decide before June whether the storage projection meets the stage 2 threshold.
That threshold is one…
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