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<br />History of Colorado Water Law: Adaptation 8: Change
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<br />fllUnl;lln~ nUlla] to naIJ\"l' pt'l'pk~ 1"T
<br />wJler supply and \.n'r~hJr
<br />H.:rt' In ("IPT,lJI'. p:lk\,hydrlll\'~IS!S
<br />haw U1S(ow!,"d th,ll nlllllntkd .\rc.lS ,1\
<br />\k~ Verdt' :\Jlhlrul l';lrk - ('nll: thought
<br />to oc danle pLuf,\rms - w...n: ,\l'luall~' rt"'-l.'r.
<br />\"OII'S p<-lSl\lOnl'J II' tnICn:ql! n1nllll -;Ul'\l\';i[
<br />In IhlS .mtl n:gJpn n,'l6s!tall.d the ,"'llitrul
<br />lIon ell lhl'~> prl"hbl,'n..: \\,ua \\,'rk~
<br />Illsp,lnll pl'l'pks Irom n,'rth,Tn :\c\\
<br />\1c.\ILO Wh" hrs! x-lIkJ In Ll)lorJd,,~
<br />:'an lUl~ \"alky hnl\.l~hl wnh them the
<br />lr,ldilllln "l ,'"mmunlly lrn/.:JUllO dlt,hes,
<br />kn,lwll as ,',-....qUl.b Ipwnoun,"\'d ;lh ~k
<br />" ,lhs) 'h'n: than )(Xl .ILeqUlJ'" llpera!t:d
<br />10 ;\t'\\' \k~1l:0 1)\ th.... IH(X1s T.xby lfl
<br />C"l"rado. the \,)d,':-I Cl1nllnunus WJI,"r
<br />nght IS th,' J.~')2 I'",,'ples DIl,-h 1,1 ",111
<br />LUIS. d1\'enm~ WJt.:r lrom Culehr.l Lreek
<br />In Costilla CI'Un!1
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<br />Colorado's Early Territorial
<br />and Stall' La\\
<br />In It't> I \\hen C"n~rl's~ l'r,';lIed Ihl'
<br />C"II'r,IJ., T,'rnt"Il. (.,).H.llk,".; ~.tllernl'l1t
<br />anJ ~nl\qb Jl'pl'ndl'd I'll In,. ,lhilllY
<br />d Ih c1t1:ens .md hll'-,1t1c~~'~ to .,hulll
<br />PWPl.'rty nghb 10 kd.:ral tcrnh'n.l)l.1t1d~
<br />AC"'fdJl1~lr th.. hrst !('rnll'n.ll Iq~lsIJlurl.
<br />ell.lt,t.:-d bnd Jnd wal.:r I.tws I.lkmg Ihe
<br />hr,l,lue"l p<'sSlbk .ll'pn'al'h Il>\\'JrJ:,. ,..'1-
<br />lilT'" nghls
<br />YUIl}:,.. \' \'I.h.1/~ \\,1~ Ihe h'frn.'na!
<br />~Urr,'n1l' C,'uns Itr,,! m.IJ,'r w,ller 1.1\\
<br />Jet"lSII'l1 Tht: ,-nut1 ndJ lhal W,Ha (ould
<br />he dlh't1cJ fn'm Ihe "lre.lm. Jnd dll(hl."
<br />hUlIt ,,,.ws.. rllhhl Jnd pnv,tte 1.1I1d \"
<br />"1.1I1n.y \,-aler 10 IL~ 1'1.11.:(' "f n.:ndl()al uS\.'
<br />Chid JllS(l":" \Id....." H.Ilkn pnxtllmed
<br />Ihal -111 ,1 dry .Illd Ihl~l~ land 11 I.. nl.'''''-
<br />S.1ry II' divert Itw \\.lter" (If Ihe Slrl'am~
<br />ll\lm Ih"lf nJlural,h.mne1" JU~lll" \\dl"
<br />.lddcd Ihat LIllllf,lJ" W.lll"r IJI\ b n3.."'i:d "n
<br />"Ih,. f"'f(l.' .,1 nl.(es"lt~ .lfbm~ Iwm l.-KJI
<br />pel'ull,lrtlle~ "I dlm,lIl'
<br />Th,. ,,'un dl'(lded Ih,lt L"]"f,ld,' 13\\
<br />bwkt' Jway entirely twm In.. w,u.:r b\1
<br />Ifal11l'\\l'rk lol[,'\I,'d 1ll tn.lIlY ,llher are.l~
<br />"f th.:- n'untr\ klll'Wll .\<. Ih.. Rlpanan
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<br />bnd l1e)(1 10 Ih,. ,.,I~;lm ha\'c a \\,llcr n.<:hl
<br />["r Ih.lI "lreJm fhlW"\'l'r. 1I1 c"l'lr.ld'>_lll~l
<br />b.:'I.IU,*' H'U .'wn lanJ next I,) the 'lre.lm,
<br />d"....~ n.'1 l1l'lcs",mh' 111..'.111 y,lu h;I\'l,' Ihl.'
<br />n.l1.hl WUSt'lh\\Jla
<br />FeJl.'fal b\1 ,II~, tn:.I.dl' puhlll I.mJ ,md
<br />\\,lta .1\;l1bhk br pn\';lI(' ll"'-' ]n IKn2_
<br />LI.'n.l1.rt""~ .ld,'PII:d Ihe I h'Ill,'';ll',ld :\n It tlll.
<br />b\wd \\llh lh.. 11'iN'l \lln1l1~ Ad ,mtl :'uh-.....
<br />4u\"11l kdt:'"rJl "tatUl...~ th.n .111('\\ed ",'lIler;. w
<br />hlllld Jlllh,.~ and r<'",-'I'Vl'lr~ .md dlWrt W.lter
<br />,111 pubh( bnd:, CI'll~re,," Jld n,'t ..n.l,1 ,1
<br />feder,ll \\.1lt'1' [;1\\ In~I..".ld. 11 ,llI,'\\ed Ih,' la-
<br />nhlnb and ~I.ltc~ I,' IT,".ll'' Inl'lr ,MTl \\.ller
<br />law h\' "Llllllc" .md ',>urt dl',bl,>lb
<br />l )WI' tlrnt:'". the"". fl'undln~ lepl
<br />pnnclp!,." h;l\'l' I.'\',l[\'..d mil> J fume-
<br />\\l'rk ..,I W.lIn 1.1\\ knlll\ n .l~ lhl'
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<br />The Colorado Doctrine
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<br />The C"I.'r.IJ" D'll.:tr1n,. IS .1 ~I"I I,m'"
<br />reg;lrdtn~ \\ala U"<: ,lIld lalld llwncf..hlp.
<br />.1J"j1ll'd by Ih..' I-.......,pk ,,1 Col.n.IJ" sIan.
<br />1I1.g 1Il Ihe I KNl.. It dchnl'~ f,.m <,s--"..:nll;11
<br />pnt1uplt:'"~ t,t Col"'raJo \lJ.ler la\\
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<br />] I .--\lI ,ml.l,,' Jnd ~wumh\.It<,r 1rt
<br />L"J,n.ld.J IS " puhlK rl'Si.'urt;t:'" lor
<br />bendl(I,ll USt' by J1uhh, aget1c'les and
<br />pn\,llr per",,"s
<br />2' ..\ w,lter nghl I" a n~hlll' use J l}(lrtl"11
<br />,)1 lh.. pllhhl" \\.Ilef f"""UKe,,_
<br />-;) \\;tler n~hb 1'\\11\'~ mJ\' huild IJl'lh-
<br />lit'" I'll Ihe bl1d.. 01 ('Ihl'r" to dlvcrt.
<br />extr,1(1. .,1' 111''1':- W,lla !l\lm a ,,10:301
<br />,'r "4U1f..-r I.' ll" pb~'e "f US<'. .md.
<br />4 "",ltt'r ","hI" ,lWll..-r" m.l~" U~' stream~
<br />.me! .lqLllkr.. It.t the Itan"po.m.llltll1 ,md
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