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<br />cs., or d1:,,,,,-'hargc~ horn W.lSlt'waler !real-
<br />ml.m plams., Jmpn~ o[hn soun.:,'s Relurn
<br />n,~ws art' lmp'Jn.m! f,'r Soll1sfYln"; down-
<br />stream w;1\t'r rtghts, pnwldlllg m~ucam
<br />fl.lws. and dcllh"nng ,"Jla l{lr mh:r"I,lll.
<br />colllpads (see Imas[a[e C"mp;ld~ I' 2.21
<br />\lany water nghts dq-lI:nd on "ur-
<br />lan' and suhsurt.Ke relurn n"w~ Lnda
<br />Colorado ,'.Ist' Ia\\ re[urn flows .If(. n,'[
<br />wasted or .lband,>ned W.lla !Unl,'r water
<br />llsers r.:<Inn,'1 Ulla,'cpt Tt'tum n"WS up<'n
<br />whKh scmor waIn ngh[s (kp.:nu. unless
<br />they rcp!.in'th,.m wnh .mo[ho:r WJ.la sup-
<br />ply nf s.ultable l.juJ.nllly .md l.juJ.hty for [he'
<br />his\l1m; use Llf the "l:nl,lr nghts 1 hIS IS
<br />he..:;lUse deaeed waIn nghts ;ue enmled
<br />[0 mJ1nI,'nanLe (,t lh,' ~1ll1l' Slream l:llndl-
<br />1I.>ns Ihal ,.xlsted a[ the lime the appro-
<br />pnJl1llfl began Ihlw,'\'er_ If Ih,. w.lta IS
<br />Imported mto ;l rt\",'r h.lSln \"la an enllrl'ly
<br />.hfkr<,m ",>ur..;c, th;\1 w.lkr ..:an he used
<br />and reused \l1 eXllll,ll.lfl
<br />
<br />Over-Apprnpriatiol1
<br />A w,llt:rsh('d ,lr "lh:,llll ......~nJCnl IS ,.'0-
<br />slder",d \l\'a-iLl'l'rllpnat,.d II lhe W,ltcrc.'un
<br />h,ls appwwd ml'rt. W,Lta rtghts dccfees
<br />1m lhal "Ifeam Ihan Iha.. IS \\,Ill'r .Iduall~
<br />,l\'Jllahk \\-ala ,1\';l1bblhly IS de[anuned
<br />h\ physKal anJ le,l'.al (.'nstr,lmh Physh':,ll
<br />C(lnstr.llnls reta tlllhe woller supply ,1\'311.
<br />.Ihk lfl'm n;11ur.d ..ne.lTn f1,,\\~ and tnnu-
<br />tary.Il.jUlkrs Lcgal,-I,nSlr.llnb rekr (,'lh..
<br />am,'UIll .,t WOlter ,llreaJy pb,,'J III us.c: h~
<br />scmllr w3ter n~hts wllhm CO!"fadll. .md
<br />1he w.lt..r l.lll,'raJ,l mU"l ,1l1,l\\ It' fl,,\\
<br />d,'wnstre,lm .llld I)UI ,'f thl' ,.,tal,' tl' fulfill
<br />mlersl;lll. W,IIl'r (l'lnp.llIS ,'r L .;, "uprem..
<br />Coun e'lulIable ,IPI"1fI1,lflment J.'cree"
<br />(,-<'<' lnterS[ale l,'mp,Lds r 11'
<br />R\' thl' l.lle I~N'5 If 1l.'1 .....i"TC 11
<br />became .lppar..nt that the ~>ulh P\;!t\I'
<br />RIO l;r,lnd" ,IllJ .--\rkans,h f{1\Yh w!thm
<br />C,l]orad,l wer.. r";h:hmg I>\'a-;lpl'f"pn-
<br />all'd ~U1US Thlc' c'puIT<'d m,'fe;l~'ol:J U,-<'
<br />,11 ~wundw.llt'L ..:,'lhen,lII,'1l uus,'
<br />oj ImpI'n,.J W;II,'T. ..:hang'. ,>1 .lgnnd-
<br />tuLl! nghb I,l mUniCipal use, wa!t'r
<br />"X\'h;lIl~':~, .IIlJ .1l1!!:Ol..nUll('n pl,ln,., I""',.
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<br />Basics of Colorado Water Law
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<br />Abandonment of Water Rights
<br />Prior appropriallon water righls are presumed 10 have been abandoned if the)'
<br />3fe n,lt exercised dunng a lO-}'ear period Owners of water nghts tn3y rebut thiS
<br />presumption In water coun, by showing intent not 10 abandon. All or a pan of a
<br />water right can be dedared abandoned through a water coun process The State
<br />Engllleer compiles a periodic ranking list of aCllve decreed waler n~ht pnorilies
<br />and an abandonment Its.t
<br />
<br />;\ugnll'llt.ltlllfl Plans, Ch.1!l~I' "I \\'.L1ef
<br />Rlghb. ,md Exchanges, I' 11-171
<br />In ,lddllllm !I' CllnU1l1,'nal .md per.
<br />k':h'd ,lppfl'pn,l1lnns, pr,Wbl\lnS ,>1 [he
<br />lq('ll} WaIn Rl~ht ['Ietcrmm.HI,ltl .lIlU
<br />,\dnllntSlr,IU,'n _--\.:1 addrl'"'' .oun <lppft>\'J.1
<br />"f w.lter t:".\..han~...;, I'hangl.~ 01 \\.lln
<br />n~hl~, .md <luc;mrnl,IlII'11 pl.tn.. rhc'ioC
<br />prlwlSHltlS all.'\\ nt>\\a ll",:~ 01 W.Ha,
<br />sll.h as munll'lpal rnnr,lnm,'nL.ll .md
<br />r.:cr,:.Ill,ma! uSt'~. III nun.. m!11 h.;-1Il~
<br />and .'pnal,' ,'\','n th"tlgh .1 haslIl IS .wer-
<br /><ll'pn'pn.lI,',j Thl~ u.:yurs 'lllh- 1"'I.lu,.:
<br />w.J!er ,','un d,'cf,'es k>r n.'\\ ,lr ,h.Ill~,'d
<br />use" cl'nt.un Pf,ll"lst'lflS l\l rr"t,'d .lo:.unsl
<br />Injun III Illh,-r w.ller n,~h[s
<br />
<br />Comlmll'liH- P'I- - "';iter llse th.ll
<br />pam,1t11.11IIy wnhdraws w;lIer lwm
<br />1l~ ".'Uf,'" W;ller th;1t IS 11<.1 lungn
<br />,1\',lll.lhlc bt:cauSt. 11 hJ.s ,.v;lpuraled,
<br />o':l."n tr;msplrcd b~' planls, m.Of-
<br />r"fal,'d mto pf,>ducts .'r ,'wp...
<br />c\lnstlm.:d 11\ \,wopk M hWS\llL.k
<br />,'f ,1lh,'rw!SI' T.'m,'\-eJ fr,'m lhe
<br />lmrn,.dl;lle \\alcr ennrnnment
<br />
<br />Rl"IIU" fill\<'" - \\',Ill'f th.lI relllms It,
<br />~lr..ams ,IllJ nn'rs altt'r 11 h<l:'O becn
<br />.lpphcd ll' bendl'l;l! uS(' [I 1I1;1~
<br />r..[urn ,I" .1 ~tlrl~ll" n,,\\ or;b ,m
<br />mll.>w "f tnhutan' ~f(lundwatcr
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<br />Dndlllll.J lU lr'll'lIIud \\ilfn - \\'J.ta
<br />hrllu~hl m[., ;I stf,'.un sV~lem fwm
<br />,ml'[hef unl,'nnedeJ SI111fl"", f"f
<br />l'.\.lmpll. tr.ln.;m"llnl.lln surl.1c,'
<br />\\.lter .'r llllntnbul.ln' well w:ua
<br />ThIS tn~' 1,1 waler Gin lx' r,'us.:d t"
<br />,'.\tmdllln. ,lr u,-<'d m .Itl!:mematll'n
<br />,'r eXlh;mg., phns
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