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§ 37-92-101. Short Title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969”. Source: L. 69: p. 1200, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-21-1.

§ 37-92-102. Legislative Declaration – Basic Tenets of Colorado Water Law

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Colorado that all water in or tributary to natural surface streams, not including nontributary groundwater as that term is defined in section 37-90-103, originating in or flowing into this state have always been and are hereby declared to be the property of the […]

§ 37-92-103. Definitions

As used in this article 92, unless the context otherwise requires: “Abandonment of a conditional water right” means the termination of a conditional water right as a result of the failure to develop with reasonable diligence the proposed appropriation upon which such water right is to be based. “Abandonment of a water right” means the […]