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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water rights under Colorado law. These issues do not fit into the
second category above, but they are important and of significant
interest to a large number of water users in the state.

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Finally, one note of caution must be added. Throughout this
volume of legal studies, the words "public interest" or "public
interest values" will occur. The words were chosen for want of some-
thing better, and the meaning of the phrase is explained at length
in chapter IV in this volume. In general, the phrase is intended
to mean the economic or noneconomic values which are not taken into
account by the present water rights system, which is a private market
allocation system. As noted in chapter IV, the Colorado water rights
system includes some values, and wholly or partially excludes others~
Those that are excluded are often referred to in this volume as
"public interest values." However, it should be reiterated that
use of the phrase does not mean that operation of the Colorado water
rights system is not "in the public interest" in the normal, broad
sense of that phrase.

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