Colorado Water Rights. A water right can be an important and valuable piece of a real estate portfolio. In some locations along the colorado front range the water rights can be worth more than the underlying land.
In 1876 the colorado constitution instituted the doctrine of prior appropriation which decreed the standard that to obtain a water right water must be put to a beneficial use. The transaction dataset contains the court decreed actions that affect amount and use s that can be used by each water right. This system of water allocation controls who uses how much water the types of uses allowed and when those waters can be used.
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In 1876 the colorado constitution instituted the doctrine of prior appropriation which decreed the standard that to obtain a water right water must be put to a beneficial use. 1996 2018 available online. This system of water allocation controls who uses how much water the types of uses allowed and when those waters can be used. The office of the state engineer does not have any ownership information.
