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Colorado water law for non-lawyers / P. Andrew Jones and Tom Cech.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, P. Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water--Law and legislation--Colorado.
- Water.
- Water--Law and legislation--United States.
- Water rights--Colorado.
- Water rights.
- Water rights--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo : University Press of Colorado, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why do people fight about water rights? Who decides how much water can be used by a city or irrigator? Does the federal government get involved in state water issues? Why is water in Colorado so controversial? These questions, and others like them, are addressed in Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyers. This concise and understandable treatment of the complex web of Colorado water laws is the first book of its kind. Legal issues related to water rights in Colorado first surfaced during the gold mining era of the 1800s and continue to be contentious today with the explosive population growth of.
- Contents:
- Colorado climate, geology, and hydrology
- Early water use and development
- Water law basics
- Introduction to federal and interstate issues
- Tributary water
- Non-tributary and not non-tributary groundwater
- Designated groundwater
- Exempt wells
- River administration
- Water entities
- Water rights in the marketplace
- Emerging trends and issues.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-271) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781457110627
- 1457110628
- 9780870819698
- 0870819690
- OCLC:
- 472201349
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