Arapahoe County has launched an 18-month study to assess water supply and future development.
John Aguilar
Builders raise alarm in Thornton, where fight over water threatens new construction in tight housing market
After nearly four years of lawsuits, court decisions and recriminations between Larimer County and Thornton over the city’s efforts to pipe water from the Cache la Poudre River to fuel future growth, Colorado’s home builders are now weighing in with a warning that the ongoing standoff risks worsening the state’s affordable housing crisis.