Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money
Water Rights - Law, Guns and Money - Why is water so dang complicated? We are going to explain it drop by drop. You gotta start slow or it's overwhelming. We'll explore the early history, evolution of water rights, farmers versus cities, interstate squabbles, lack of common sense in administration, reallocation to form new uses, problems with water court, the ridiculous amount of time to get permitted, investments in water, and other topics. It is complicated but we have fun making sense of it all. We may get shot, but we will take aim at all these issues.
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money
Episode 72 UNIVERSITY OF COLORAD EXPERIENCE LEADS TO OTHER ISSUES
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Tommy Raye
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Season 2023
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Episode 72
Happy until lawsuits filed
· Abandonment of water rights
· Potential expansion of use
Prior appropriation provides path forward for dispute resolution
· Times change farming practices and technology/manpower requirements
· Society operates under reactive system
· Only crisis prompts change
Technical issues that affect water users
· Free river water and how it is used
· Transit losses and how measured