PUB00148

• Year: 1978
• Title: The Colorado Water Study Directions for the Future
• CWCB Section: Administration
• Description: The Colorado Water Study Directions for the Future
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

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CONTENTS

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

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INTRODUCTION.

THE CURRENT LEGAL SYSTEM.

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I. Summary of Colorado Water Law.

A. Introduction.
B. Water to be Allocated.
C. ~ Initial Allocation of Water--Prior
Appropriation.

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1. Tributary Water.
a. Creation and Adjudication
of Water Rights. ,
b. Types of Water Rights.
2. Designated Ground Water.
3. Nontributary, Nondesignated Ground Water.

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D. Subsequent Allocation of Water.

1. Distribution Entities.
a. Ditch Companies.
b. Municipalities and Quasi-municipal
Districts;
2. Changes in Water Rights.

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E. Administration of Water Rights.

1. Tributary Water.
2. Designated Ground Water.
3. Nontributary, Nondesignated Ground Water.

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II. _A (Brief) History of Colorado Water -Law.

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A. Evolution of the Colorado Doctrine: Recognizing
the Right of Prior Appropriation.

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1. Early Irrigation.
2. The Development of Water-Law in California.
3. Colorado Mining Codes.
4~ The Early Territorial Statutes.
5. The Constitutional Convention: 'Background.

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