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Thornton gets green light from Larimer County for long-sought water pipe segment

City’s proposal faced widespread pushback from county residents who urged Thornton to keep its water in the Poudre River

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Segments of Thornton’s 70-mile water pipe wait to be buried in Windsor in November 2020. The Adams County city is asking Larimer County for a permit to run a pipe from the Cache La Poudre River to its residents. Thornton owns shares in the Poudre but so far hasn’t been able to build a pipe to collect that water. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2:  Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Thornton has been claiming for years that without access to Poudre water shares it has owned for decades, long-planned residential growth in the city is jeopardized — including affordable housing.
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