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<br />Modern water systems in Colorado are more extensive and sophisticated than <br />any used in the past. Present systems include moving water over mountains (trans <br />mountain diversions") and creating electrical energy at hydro-plants. There has never <br />been a time when so much water has been provided so consistently in times of <br />drought. But during the current drought cycle, Coloradans are facing limits as to <br />how to further divide already appropriated water. Hence, new technologies and new <br />interests, which can co-exist with water laws, are under consideration, <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />155 Acres W,YH <br />MINERAL RIGHTS <br />PRODUCING GAS WELL <br />WATER RIGHTSYN <br />C. \ION RE <br />VODneyn 530.4000 <br />neatty 530.0757 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Water rights are now commonly sold <br /> <br />Water Law Historv: <br />The "Colorado Water" presentations include colorful stories of how and why <br />water law developed in Colorado, As the population increased and agricultural, <br />municipal, and mining interests grew, the order in which water was used was <br />systematized, The first one to claim to have used the water beneficially. was <br />considered the most senior, [n times of scarcity, those holding junior rights might <br />not be able to use even water that was close by, <br />Colorado became the first state to adopt a strict appropriation" system for <br />water usage, It is often referred to as the Colorado Doctrine and sometimes referred <br />to as the First-in- Time, First-in-Right Doctrine, or the Prior Appropriation <br />Doctrine, Water rights in Colorado are held separate from other property rights, <br /> <br />v <br />