From the North Forty News (Cherry Sokoloski):
The Larimer County Planning Commission gave a thumbs-up on July 21 for creation of the Deep Water Metropolitan District north of Wellington…
The applicant, Richard Seaworth, must now obtain approval from the county commissioners, the district court and property owners within the district. The Seaworth family owns all property within the proposed district. Seaworth first proposed the metro district idea in 2006, but the planning staff recommended against the project in its earlier form. He recently developed a revised proposal with the backing of Wellington, which is interested in purchasing emergency water from the district. “The town is heavily involved in this proposal now,” said Larimer County chief planner Russell Legg.
Wellington is interested in having an emergency water supply to protect against drought or the possibility that its primary water source, a reservoir owned by North Poudre Irrigation Co., could become tainted.
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