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Water and the West: The Colorado River Compact and the Politics of Water in the American West (University of California Press, 2009) 415 pp. the standard scholarly history; ISBN 978-0-520-26011-5; Lawrence J. MacDonnell; et al. (October 1995). "The Law of the Colorado River: Coping with Severe Sustained Drought". Water Resources Bulletin.
Water law in the western United States is defined by state constitutions (e.g., Colorado, New Mexico), statutes, and case law. Each state exhibits variations upon the basic principles of the prior appropriation doctrine.
Water is very scarce in the West and so must be allocated sparingly, based on the productivity of its use. The prior appropriation doctrine developed in the Western United States from Spanish (and later Mexican) civil law and differs from the riparian water rights that apply in the rest of the United States. The appropriation doctrine ...
Prior to the creation of the Territory of Colorado in 1861, few laws existed that pertained specifically to the issue of water rights in the area. [ 3 ] When settlers and pioneers first came the area that would encompass Colorado, the common system in the eastern United States for dealing with water was known as riparian water rights .
Water Rights Determination and Administration Act (Colorado) was passed by the Colorado General Assembly in 1969 which constituted a major makeover of the way the state applied and enforced its evolving water law. The first two legislative acts creating a basis for Colorado water law were passed in 1879 and 1881.
Federal officials said Tuesday they will ease water cuts for Western states reliant on the Colorado River next year thanks to a slightly improved outlook, but long-term challenges remain. Years of ...
Water right in water law is the right of a user to use water from a water source, e.g., a [1] river, stream, pond or source of groundwater. In areas with plentiful water and few users, such systems are generally not complicated or contentious.
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