EATON — Eaton officials have decided not to participate in water agreements for 2026 related to the planned Northern Integrated Supply Project, or NISP, a planned $2.69 billion infrastructure project north of Fort Collins.

Other participant communities also have been talking behind the scenes, although there have been no formal announcements, according to Jeff Stahla, a spokesman for Northern Water. As a result, Northern Water officials are talking, again, about what the future could look like for the project.

Northern Water expects to have a final design ready by some time next year and to choose a contractor at that time, Stahla said. Construction is expected to begin in 2027, he said.

“We had heard that there were some communities that are looking at what their interests are in NISP,

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