1998
ECCV identifies Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company (FRICO), a Westminster-based mutual ditch company, as a possible provider of renewable water.
2003
ECCV signs an agreement with United Water and Sanitation District to purchase 3,000 acre feet of surface water per year, backed by water rights from the defunct 70 Ranch in Weld County, and infrastructure to deliver it to the District. The project is named the “Northern Project.” ECCV also signs an agreement to purchase an additional 3,000 acre-feet of water from shareholders in FRICO and other agricultural ditch companies in the second phase of the Northern Project.
2004
ECCV announces H2’06 as the public identifier for Phase 1 of the Northern Project, which would deliver renewable water via a 31 mile pipeline to the District in 2006.
ECCV selects Denver-based Camp, Dresser & McKee Inc. (CDM) as the design consultant, ERS as the pipeline constructor and Garney Construction as the construction consultant for two booster pump stations and the future treatment plant for the Northern Water Project.
March 2005
ECCV partners with six members of the South Metro Water Supply Authority, which paid approximately $9.5 million to expand capacity of the Northern Project pipeline, providing other water providersan opportunity to transport their own supplies to their customers.
ECCV selects Denver-based Northwest Pipe to manufacture and deliver the pipe for its 31-mile long pipeline.
July 2005
Groundbreaking on H2’06 pipeline and pump stations begins in July.
September 2005
Construction crews break ground to dig tunnels and lay the H2’06 pipeline.
Work also begins on the South Booster Pump Station and a one-million gallon storage tank, located near the intersection of I-70 and E-470.
November 2005
Construction begins on the North Booster Pump Station and a one-million gallon storage tank, located near Piccadilly Road and 112th Avenue.
January 2006
Work continues through the winter months to help keep the project on schedule. Drilling of six shallow supply wells in the Beebe Draw is halfway complete.
Work at the South Booster Pump Station has made significant progress, with most of the piping leading up to the station placed.
The walls of the one-million gallon tank at the South Booster Pump Station take shape.
February 2006
Construction is complete on the South Booster Pump Station, where crews begin installing pumps and electrical gear.
The pipeline reaches the halfway point with more than 15 miles of pipe installed.
March 2006
Crews work to connect the Northern Project pipeline into ECCV’s storage tanks located on the eastern edge of the District at Smoky Hill Rd. and Gun Club Rd.
Construction is complete on the North Booster Pump Station, where crews begin installing pumps and electrical gear.
April 2006
Construction is complete on the one-million gallon storage tank at the North Booster Pump Station.
July 2006
Crews install the final piece of the pipeline. All major construction is complete at the North Booster Pump Station, where crews complete the finishing touches and begin testing.
Phase 1 is complete! ECCV’s Board Members open the valve to the District’s new renewable water source at a completion ceremony on July 27, 2006. The ceremony is held atop ECCV’s giant, 10 million gallon water tank, near the intersection of Gun Club Road and Smoky Hill Road.
News crews interview District representatives and capture footage of the renewable water pouring from the 48-inch pipeline into the tank.
August 2006
With renewable water now coming from the South Platte River, as well as a new supplemental water supply leased from Denver Water, ECCV is able to turn off underground wells for a period of time, allowing time for equipment maintenance and increased well capacity for periods of higher demand.
September 2006 to Present
ECCV plans for the next phases of the Northern Project which include the acquisition of additional water rights from FRICO and the design, permitting and construction of a reverse osmosis water treatment facility near the Beebe Draw.
