Following the Water: Drought Comes to Douglas County

The worst snowpack in Colorado history is testing water systems across the Front Range — and straining Douglas County’s planned growth

Colorado is having its worst snowpack year on record. That is not a local quirk or a bad season — water officials are calling it “exceedingly grim,” and the conditions that produced it are unlikely to be a one-time event. For Douglas County, this drought is more than a lawn-watering inconvenience. It is a stress test for a water system that already supp…