Beyond Skiing and Snow Angels, Flakes Mean a lot to us in Colorado
You can’t live in Colorado long before you start hearing people talk about our snow. From words like powder, crud, crust, freshies, and white out, we think about outdoor sports and of course the much-anticipated call from school districts when it looks like a possible SNOW DAY! But another thing many Colorado residents pay careful […]
Board Member Update: Thank You Dale, Welcome Stephen!
Fort Collins-Loveland Water District is proud to be governed by an elected board of directors who diligently serve a two to four-year term. Made up of five members, the board is responsible for providing fiduciary oversight and foresight to help guide the District for the future. Join us in recognizing Dale Leach for his 20+ […]
Celebrating 63 years, 63,000 customers!Â
It’s a fact: The Fort Collins-Loveland Water District now has 63,000 customers, just in time to celebrate our 63rd anniversary. Although we didn’t plan it that way—and we do a LOT of planning here—we’re delighted at how the numbers aligned. Of course, it wasn’t without significant effort over the last six decades that we’ve grown […]
Ask the Experts: Digital Security Tips from FCLWD’s IT Manager
How secure is your online information? According to the digital security experts at Norton, roughly 2,200 cyberattacks happen every single day. That’s a cyberattack every 44 seconds. In today’s digital-first age, security has become more critical than ever. With an increasing amount of personal and professional data stored online—from digital wallets to security logins to […]
It’s Water Quota Season: 2023 Water Expectations for the FCLWD
You may not know it, but April is a very important month for anyone who relies on water in Northern Colorado, which is everyone. April—a month of showers, as the old adage hopes—happens to be the time of year that Northern Water announces how much supplemental water will flow from the Colorado-Big Thompson Project (C-BT) […]
Giving the Gift of a Secure Water Future
From the peaks of Colorado to the valleys of southern Arizona and beyond, the water of Colorado is a vital resource to many communities throughout the western United States. Here in Northern Colorado, we intimately understand the importance of this precious resource. We know the feeling of relief from a good snowpack report just as […]
Conservation Programming – A Successful Year in Review!
Community is the cornerstone of the Fort Collins-Loveland Water District (FCLWD). It’s basically right there in our name: District. We’re all here together, 50,000 plus strong. At the FCLWD, it’s our mission to make sure our community has access to clean, affordable water—now and into the future. Behind the scenes, there’s so much that we […]
Customer Service is a Core Value
At the FCLWD, customer service is more than just lip service—that’s because customer service is, literally, what we do. As a utility service provider, customer service is built into the DNA of our very existence, and we’re proud of that. Every moment of every day, our customer service provides high-quality, low-cost drinking water and reliable […]
An Insider’s Guide to Sprinkler Checkups
It’s July! For many of us, that means summer fun is in high-gear—and so is yardwork. If you’re someone who cherishes the long summer days of digging dirt, planting veggies and flowers, cultivating an immaculate lawn or growing awesome pollinator and native grass spaces, then you know your way around a sprinkler or drip system. […]
Capital Funding: Planning for Growth
This blog is the third installment of our Capital Funding series, where we examine the ways the Fort Collins-Loveland Water District is planning for the future and are funded through various initiatives and fees. This particular post covers growth. To read the first two installments, visit here. Everywhere you go, everyone is talking about growth. […]
