North Poudre Irrigation Company

What North Poudre Irrigation Company does

North Poudre Irrigation Company (NPIC) is a mutual, non-profit stock ditch company incorporated on August 1, 1901, and headquartered at 3729 Cleveland Ave, Wellington, Colorado. It delivers irrigation and municipal water to approximately 600 stockholders across northeastern Larimer County and western Weld County, ultimately supplying over 250,000 end users and irrigating roughly 23,000 acres of agricultural land. Its infrastructure consists of 19 storage reservoirs (including Halligan, Park Creek, #15, #2, #3, and Fossil Creek) and approximately 200 miles of delivery canals, ditches, and laterals, with water sourced from the North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River and from 40,000 units of Colorado-Big Thompson (C-BT) water — making NPIC the largest single holder of C-BT units and a major owner of C-BT water stored in Horsetooth Reservoir.

The core product is a single water-delivery service, not a software or multi-product platform: each share of NPIC stock carries a decreed allocation of 4–6 acre-feet per irrigation season plus eligibility for 4 units of C-BT water, used primarily in exchange operations routed through the Pleasant Valley Pipeline. NPIC was reorganized as a customer-owned mutual in 1912 and historically sold, swapped, and divested assets (notably Halligan Reservoir to the City of Fort Collins in 2004 for $67,000 while retaining senior storage and refill rights) and has withdrawn from expansion projects such as the 2014 Halligan enlargement effort.

Revenue is generated through water delivery fees and assessments levied on stockholders, who are simultaneously customers and owners, and 75% of shares are held by municipal water entities (cities of Fort Collins and Greeley, towns of Ault, Eaton, Nunn, Pierce, Severance, Wellington, and Windsor, plus water districts including North Weld County, East Larimer County, and Fort Collins-Loveland) while 25% are held by agricultural users. The company has only ~13 employees (12 full-time, 1 part-time), is not publicly traded, and discloses no financials.

Name

North Poudre Irrigation Company

Legal name

North Poudre Irrigation Company

Website

https://npicwater.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

North Poudre Irrigation Company is a mutual ditch company in Northern Colorado, incorporated in 1901, that delivers water to 600 stockholders serving 250,000+ people across northeastern Larimer and western Weld counties via 19 reservoirs and approximately 200 miles of canals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Irrigation Water Delivery Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Pipes, Tubing & Conveyance Infrastructure (Mainlines, Laterals, Hoses) (AFAAACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Irrigation Design, Installation & Maintenance Services (Engineering, Retrofit, Repair) (AFAAACAL), Monitoring, Metering & Flow Measurement (Meters, Pressure/Flow Gauges, Telemetry) (AFAAACAK)

Keywords

• Irrigation water delivery
• Water storage reservoirs
• Mutual ditch company
• Agricultural water supply
• Water rights management

Headquarters

HQ city

Wellington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Water Delivery Services: As a mutual ditch company organized as a non-profit stock company, NPIC operates to deliver water to its stockholders. The company is owned by its customers - those who use the water delivered in NPIC's system. Revenue is generated through water delivery fees and assessments to stockholders based on their shares.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

North Poudre Irrigation Company is a mutual ditch company that delivers irrigation and municipal water to its approximately 600 stockholders through 19 storage reservoirs and about 200 miles of canals, ditches, and laterals in northeastern Larimer County and western Weld County, Colorado. Water is sourced from the North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River and supplemented with 40,000 units of Colorado-Big Thompson (C-BT) water used primarily for exchange so that stockholders can divert water throughout the system.

Product overview

North Poudre Irrigation Company operates as a single, unified water delivery service rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company's sole offering is its irrigation water delivery system, which includes 19 storage reservoirs (Halligan, Park Creek, #15, #2, #3, and Fossil Creek), approximately 200 miles of delivery canals, ditches, and laterals, and Colorado-Big Thompson Project (C-BT) water exchange capabilities. The service is delivered to approximately 600 stockholders, with 75% being municipal water entities and 25% agricultural users. Water enters the system from two sources: the northern diversion from the North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River and the southern C-BT water diversion via the Munroe Diversion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water Delivery Services Delivery of irrigation and municipal water to approximately 600 stockholders (75% municipal water entities, 25% agricultural users) through 19 storage reservoirs and approximately 200 miles of canals, ditches, and laterals in northeastern Larimer County and western Weld County, Colorado. Water is sourced from the North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River and supplemented with 40,000 units of Colorado-Big Thompson (C-BT) water used for exchange, with each share eligible for 4–6 acre-feet per irrigation season plus 4 C-BT units.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 250,000 people in northeastern Larimer County and western Weld County receive water from NPIC
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• City of Fort CollinscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004City of Fort Collins is a major municipal stockholder and purchased Halligan Reservoir from NPIC in 2004 for $67,000, ending 94 years of NPIC ownership. NPIC retains senior water storage right and refill right in the reservoir. The city and NPIC are partners in the operation and maintenance of the dam.
• Tri-Districts (East Larimer County Water District, Fort Collins-Loveland Water District, North Weld County Water District)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004In 2004, NPIC entered an operations agreement for the Munroe Pipeline with the Tri-Districts and the City of Fort Collins and Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. The Pleasant Valley Pipeline allows stockholders of various water management entities, including NPIC, to send water to Horsetooth Reservoir for exchange. The Tri-Districts were originally partners in the Halligan expansion project (Seaman Water Management Project) but withdrew in 2009.
• U.S. Bureau of ReclamationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1948Working with the Bureau of Reclamation, NPIC agreed to acquire 40,000 units of C-BT water in the late 1940s. The Bureau constructed the connection between the C-BT system and the NPIC system (1948-1951). First C-BT water was received in 1953 via the North Poudre Supply Canal (Munroe Gravity Canal).
• Northern Colorado Water Conservancy DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1948NPIC worked with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and the Bureau of Reclamation to acquire 40,000 units of C-BT water. The district is a partner in the Munroe Pipeline operations agreement (2004) for water exchange to Horsetooth Reservoir.
• U.S. Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWith federal Civilian Conservation Corps assistance in the 1930s, irrigation structures were replaced and repaired. NPIC was an original sponsor of the Boxelder Creek Watershed Project (1970s), assisting with land rights and water rights acquisition for five floodwater retention dams. Under agreement with NRCS, NPIC operates and maintains the dams.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Imperial Irrigation District: One of the largest irrigation and water delivery districts in the U.S., delivering Colorado River water to agricultural users and, increasingly, to municipal/industrial customers. Comparable to NPIC in being a water-delivery organization managing decreed rights, conveyance infrastructure, and exchanges, but operates at vastly greater scale in Southern California.
• Central Arizona Project: Major water conveyance and storage system delivering Colorado River water through canals and pumping infrastructure to municipal, agricultural, and tribal users in central and southern Arizona. Comparable to NPIC's role as a regional water delivery utility managing long-distance conveyance and exchanges with large industrial/municipal customers.

Direct peers

• Reclamation District 1000: Special district operating levees, canals, and irrigation/drainage infrastructure for agricultural and urban users in the Sacramento area. Comparable to NPIC as a publicly governed, infrastructure-focused water district delivering water through canals and laterals with decreed rights, though operating in a different state and regulatory regime.
• Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Northern Water): Operates the Colorado-Big Thompson (C-BT) Project, the very system from which NPIC receives 40,000 units for exchange. Both entities deliver C-BT water through shared infrastructure (Pleasant Valley Pipeline / Munroe Diversion) to municipal and agricultural users in northern Colorado, making it the closest operational peer despite Northern Water's larger geographic scope and broader regional mandate.
• North Weld County Water District: Another Tri-District partner and stockholder of NPIC that delivers C-BT water to municipal users (including Greeley) within and adjacent to NPIC's service area. Highly comparable as a regional water delivery entity purchasing and distributing water through NPIC's exchange system.
• East Larimer County Water District: One of NPIC's principal stockholders and a Tri-District partner that itself distributes water to municipal customers in the region. Operates an overlapping delivery role in the same Colorado geography and participates in shared C-BT exchange operations with NPIC.

Others

• City of Fort Collins Utilities (Water Division): Owns Halligan Reservoir (purchased from NPIC in 2004) and serves as a major municipal stockholder of NPIC. Comparable as a municipal water utility buying C-BT and NPIC-allocated water, and a co-partner in the Munroe Pipeline operations agreement, but functions as a downstream buyer rather than a competing delivery infrastructure operator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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