PUB00103

• Year: 1978
• Title: The Colorado Water Study Directions for the Future - Legal Studies
• CWCB Section: Interstate & Federal
• Author: Office of the Executive Director, DNR
• Description: Legal information and data on projected water uses in Colorado and alternatives for future water use and allocation
• Publications - Doc Type: Brochure

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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

INTRODUCTION.

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THE CURRENT LEGAL SYSTEM.

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Summary of Colorado Water Law.
A (Brief) History of Colorado Water Law.
Inventory of Regulatory and Management Authority Over Water
in Colorado.

THE COLORADO WATER RIGHTS SYSTEM AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

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"Public Interest" Values and the Colorado Water Rights System.
Survey of the Public Interest Laws of Other States.
Private Means of Protecting the Public Interest in Water
Resources.
Protection of the Public Interest in the Subsequent Allocation
of Water.
Opportunities for the Assertion of the Public Interest in State
Navigable and Public Waters.
New Mechanisms for the Assertion of the Public Interest Under
the State's Police Power.
Protection of the Public Interest Through Increased Spending
of Public Funds.
Taxation of Water Rights or of Transfers of Water Rights.
Legal Analysis of a State Water Bank.
Establishment of Wild and Scenic Rivers.

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SPECIAL LEGAL ISSUES.

XIV. Plans for Augmentation.
xv. Volume Decrees v. Flow Decrees.
XVI. Nontributary, Nondesignated Ground Water and Senate Bill 213.

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