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<br />CHAPTER 3 <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />Tables and Figures... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . ill <br />Acknowl~gments .....;................................. ~ . . . . .. v <br />Introduction ................................. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 <br /> <br />Section 1: LegaIJInstitutional Analysis ..............................,...... <br />Water Rights in Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . <br />Changes in Water Rights .........................,........,...... <br /> <br />The Legal Basis .... '.' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . <br />What May Be Changed or Transferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . <br />The Change Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j . . . . . . <br />The "No Injury" Rule ~ .Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I .. . . . . <br /> <br />Terms and conditIons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Burden of proof ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Exchanges and Substituted Supplies ;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Plans for Augmentation .............................. ...... <br />Temporary Changes of Water Rights ..................... ...... <br />Transferability of Special Categories of Water .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Transfers of Designated Groundwater .................... ...... <br />Transfer of Nontnbutary Groundwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Imported or Foreign Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . <br />Transfers of Salvaged Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Transfer of a Conditional Water Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Transfers of Contract Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Interstate Transfers .................................. ...... <br />Transfers of Tribal Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Transfers and Water Supply Organizations ...................... ...... <br />Mutual DitchlMutual Reservoir Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Irrigation Districts .:.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />Water Users Associations ............................. ...... <br /> <br />Conservancy Districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... <br />M .. l't' <br />unlclpa I les ..................................... ...... <br /> <br />Section 2: Changes of Water Use, 1975-1984 ................................ 12 <br /> <br />Change Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12 <br />Characteristics of the Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12 <br /> <br />The Change Process . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . : .. 13 <br /> <br />. Section 3: Transaction Cost in Colorado: A Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13 <br /> <br />Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16 <br /> <br />Section 4: Case Studies ....;........................................... 17 <br />Analysis of Randomly Selected Cases " .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .: . . . .. . . . . " 17 <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />4 <br />5 <br />5 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />7 <br />7 <br />8 <br />8 <br />8 <br />9 <br />9 <br />10 <br />10 <br />10 <br />.10 <br />11 <br />11 <br />11 <br />11 <br />