Abstract: This paper summarizes studies conducted for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, to determine the effects of prolonged droughts on the city's water supplies. As a result of the analysis, various water‐supply strategies were ...

Abstract: Using a water‐resource‐system model, the water‐supply system of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, which consists of five river basins, was simulated for selected drought periods to determine the yield of the city's ...

Abstract: A physical model of an urbanized storm-drainage conveyance system was conducted to identify the location and nature of channel overtopping. The drainage system is characterized by supercritical flow (F = 1.30 to 1.76) and ...

Abstract: The July 1997 flood in Fort Collins was caused by the heaviest rains ever documented over an urbanized area in Colorado, and offers a data base and multifaceted set of lessons about flood planning, mitigation, response, ...