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<br />On~- ...r. <br />:Jf:'~>t) i: <br /> <br />CONTENTS, <br /> <br />Foreword. . . . . <br />Metric conversion table <br />Abstract. . . . . <br />Introduction.. . <br />Legal ~nd institutional constraints <br />Colorado water law. . . . . . <br />Doctrine of prior appropriation <br />Judicial framework. . . . . . . <br />Case law. . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Transfer decrees and basin exports. <br />Federal laws. . . . . . <br />Leg I s I at ion . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Interstate compacts . . . . . . . . <br />Administration of water rights by the State Engineer <br />Existing water use. . . . <br />Water-develop~ent projects <br />Existing. <br />Future. <br />Discussion. <br />References. . . . <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />Page <br />iii <br />vi <br />1 <br />1 <br />3 <br />3 <br />4 <br />6 <br />7 <br />9 <br />11 <br />11 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />15 <br />15 <br />16 <br />18 <br />19 <br /> <br />I LLUSTRATI ONS <br /> <br />Figures 1-3. Maps showing: <br />1. Extent of Yampa River basin in Colorado and Wyoming. 2. <br />2. Water divisions in Colorado established by the State <br />Leg i s 1 ature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 <br />3. Water divisions and former water districts applicable <br />to the Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming. .. 14 <br /> <br />TABLES <br /> <br />Table 1. Summary of diversions within the Colorado part of the Yampa <br />River basin during 1976 . . . . . .. ....... 15 <br />2. Potential surface-water impoundments in the Colorado part of <br />the Yampa River basin. . . . . . .. ....... 16 <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />~i <br /> <br />v <br />