QUICK GUIDE TO WATER RIGHTS and STATE WATER RESOURCES
by the Colorado State Publications Library
Denver, Colorado
For further information contact the library staff at spl@cde.state.co.us
The web links included in this brief list will lead to resources for research on the issue of water rights in the state of Colorado as well as water quality and conservation information from Colorado state agencies. This is a quick information guide to selected print and electronic publications as well as web sites maintained by state agencies.
WATER RIGHTS
- Guide to Colorado Well Permits, Water
Rights, and Water Administration (Colorado
Division of Water Resources)
http://water.state.co.us/DWRIPub/Documents/wellpermitguide.pdf - History of Water Rights in Colorado
(Colorado Division of Water Resources)
http://water.state.co.us/SurfaceWater/SWRights/Pages/WRHistory.aspx - Annual Report of the State Engineer - gives
a summary of Colorado water issues for the year.
1996 - 2009 available online.
http://water.state.co.us/DWRDocs/Reports/Pages/AnnualReport.aspx - Official Water Rights Tabulation (Colorado
Division of Water Resources)
http://water.state.co.us/DWRDocs/Reports/Pages/WRTabulation.aspx - Colorado Division of Water Resources: Well
Permit Search - shows aquifers and well
locations, searchable by permit number, name,
address, subdivision or by structure.
http://www.dwr.state.co.us/WellPermitSearch/default.aspx - Surface Water Conditions
http://www.dwr.state.co.us/Surfacewater/default.aspx
GENERAL WATER RESOURCES
- Colorado Division of Water Resources
http://water.state.co.us/ - Colorado Water Conservation Board
http://cwcb.state.co.us/ - Colorado State University Cooperative
Extension Water Resources
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/water/water_related.html - Water Quality Control Division, Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/
SUGGESTIONS FOR SEARCHING THE STATE PUBLICATIONS ONLINE CATALOG
For records of print publications to borrow
and/or links to electronic publications, search our
library catalog with keywords "water rights" or
"water conservation" at
http://www.cde.state.co.us/stateinfo
For additional information, e-mail spl@cde.state.co.us