Critics and supporters of the huge Northern Integrated Supply Project agree it will be delayed because of the decision this week by the Army Corps of Engineers to further study the proposal.
Backers of the $420 million plan to build two reservoirs — Glade Reservoir north of Fort Collins and Galeton Reservoir east of Ault — say that another look at the environmental impacts of the project will only make it more viable.
“We’re fine with it,” said Brian Werner, spokesman for the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. “We want the corps to make a decision based on the best possible information.”
But the environmental group Save the Poudre Coalition said the corps’ decision to conduct a supplemental draft environmental-impact study of the project means that it’s unlikely the corps will give the project a go-ahead.
The new report probably will be produced in spring 2010, officials said.
