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A Digital Future for Colorado’s Water

Aug 1, 2022 | Article, Division 5, Statewide

LEGAL CONTEXT Colorado uses a prior-appropriation system to assign the relative priorities of water rights. Water rights established earliest are assigned senior priorities relative to water rights established later. Priority is assigned to a water right when the...

Kate reflects on 2020 and the Water Leaders Program

Mar 17, 2021 | Blog, Featured

When our Executive Director, Andy, asked me to write a blog about participating in last year’s Water Leaders program I wasn’t all that excited about it. I’m not much of a share-er. In the past at least, I’ve tended to keep my personal life fairly private. Especially...

White Paper

Jul 27, 2020 | Report

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Concerted efforts and partnerships that protect a stretch of river

Jun 3, 2020 | Blog, Division 5, Featured

We talk about the 15-Mile Reach a lot. But that’s because we are so excited about our project there. Last year, Colorado Water Trust entered into an historic agreement with the Orchard Mesa Irrigation District (OMID) and the Grand Valley Water Users Association...

Our first crack at legislation ends in success!

Mar 30, 2020 | Blog, Division 1, Featured

Last week, Governor Polis signed into law two bipartisan bills that will help us in our mission to restore water to Colorado’s rivers in need. We couldn’t be more excited about HB 20-1037—a bill that provides direction for instream flow augmentation plans—and HB...