Acequia Assistance Project

Water Exports and the San Luis Valley in Colorado: Understanding the History and Current Regulatory Framework

Dec. 8, 2020

A Report from the Acequia Assistance Project The Getches-Wilkinson Center is pleased to present the work of a team of students with the Acequia Assistance Project, who spent the last two years digging into the history, the politics, and law surrounding attempts to export water from the San Luis Valley...

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The Changing Fate of Western Rivers: The Case of the Colorado.

Dec. 1, 2020

Kenney, Douglas S. 2020. The Changing Fate of Western Rivers: The Case of the Colorado. IN: The Environmental Politics and Policy of Western Public Lands (edited by Erika Allen Wolters and Brent S. Steel). Corvallis: Oregon State University Press.       In a volume primarily devoted to western lands, this chapter explores...

Getches-Wilkinson Center to Launch Fellows Program With Focus on Water in the West

Dec. 4, 2019

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Colorado Water Plan

Sept. 25, 2017

The Getches-Wilkinson Center, in conjunction with many collaborators, has a strong interest in promoting the implementation of the Colorado Water Plan (CWP). This entails work on several subjects, including agricultural water conservation and transfers, integrated land and water planning (including watershed planning), and improved Colorado River management. Read the most...

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A Roundtable Discussion on the No-injury Rule

July 1, 2015

A roundtable discussion featuring a diverse group of expert water jurists, water lawyers, water engineers, state water officials, and academics on Colorado water law and Colorado water policy. The workshop discussed one aspect of the state’s water law that is seen by some as impeding the type of flexibility needed...

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