Over the past few years LWS has posted several informative blogs on the basics of Colorado water law; here are all of blogs in one place. Check out our quick reference list of the LWS blog series on Colorado Water Law Basics!

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #1 - What is the Colorado Prior Appropriation Doctrine?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #2 - Why is the 1969 Water Rights Determination Act an Important Landmark in Colorado Water Rights?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #3 - Why do I need an Engineer and a Lawyer to Obtain a Water Right?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #4 - Change of Use in Colorado: Making Municipal Water Supplies Available from Irrigation Rights

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #5 - Change of Use in Colorado: Maximizing the Value of Irrigation Water Rights

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #6 - Prior Appropriation Water Rights vs. Riparian Water Rights

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #7 - Not-Nontributary Water Must Mean it is Tributary Water, Right?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #8 - What is a Paper Fill Reservoir?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #9 - What can I do with Paper Water?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #10 - What are Lagged Depletions and Accretions?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #11 - What are the Purposes of Obtaining a Water Court Decree?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #12 - The Relationship between SB-213 and SB-5

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #13 - Detention vs. Retention Stormwater Ponds

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #14.1 - Apportionment of Colorado River Water, by State

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #14.2 - Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #14.3 - Case Study Addressing the Impact of the Drought Contingency Plan

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #15 - Colorado's Interstate Compacts

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #16 - Colorado's Interstate Compacts - Part 2

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #17 - Conditional & Absolute Water Rights: What’s the Difference?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #18 - Valuation of Water Rights

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #19 - Water Rights Abandonment List

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #20 - What is a Futile Call?

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #21 - Assessment of a Futile Call

• Series: Colorado Water Law Basics #22 - What is Transit Loss?

If you have any water resources issues, LWS can help! For more information on this subject or any Western water rights issue, please contact us for help at 303-350-4090 or by email.

Bruce Lytle, P.E., President bruce@lytlewater.com

Chris Fehn, P.E., P.G., Senior Project Engineer chris@lytlewater.com

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