This raw water pipeline from the Monroe Canal to the Horsetooth Reservoir included: approximately 45,500 feet of 67-inch welded-steel pipe; nine air-vacuum valves and concrete vaults; nine blowoff valves and concrete vaults; connections to Fort Collins, Greeley, and Soldier Canyon Treatment Plants; concrete diversion structure on the Monroe Canal; one open-cut Poudre River crossing; drilling and blasting; dewatering; concrete box culverts at creek crossings; one bored crossing of State Highway 14; and electrical and instrumentation work.  In addition, a portion of the alignment was located in the center of a paved rural road requiring a temporary road closure and close coordination and communication with the area residents.