9369 ‎(2)‎

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9369
• Author: Colorado Water Workshop.
• Title: 12th & 13th Annual Colorado Water Workshop.
• USFW Year: 1987.
• USFW - Doc Type: Western State College of Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

has begun a paper discussing state policies and strategies in
water resource development;

The Colorado Water and Power Resources Development Authoeity

has undertaken basin inventory studies, in an effort to iden-

tify viable water project opportunities;

The state continues to actively pursue a policy of protecting
Colorado's interstate waters; and

The Governor's Metropolitan Water
several far-reaching agreements
interests.

Roundtable resulted in
among formerly oppos ing

Fifth, the Colorado Supreme Court has responded to these

shifts in state water policy, and has initiated some policies of

its own:

The Court has gradually tightened the due diligence test foe
conditional water rights;

Purely speculative appropriations have been declared invalid;

The Court has adopted the doctrine of "maximum utilization"
of Colorado's water resources; and

The Cour.t has ref.ined the dOGtrines of salvaged and developed

water in a way that reflects environmental awareness.

Sixth, the administration of water eights has changed, again

in response to the evolution of state water policy:

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