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Colorado’s water use is based on a prior appropriations system, which means that every year, some junior water rights holders do not get their full allotment because there isn’t enough snowpack.
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Landowners sold mineral, land, and water rights to oil and gas companies.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Beneath the ideological narratives, global conflicts often come down to pragmatic goals such as geography, water rights, mineral rights and supply-chain control.
—Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Daryl Vigil, co-director of the Water & Tribes Initiative, an organization that provides support to basin tribes on water issues, said removing Cooke from consideration could pose another barrier to tribes settling their water rights and having a hand in managing their current allocations.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Landowners sold mineral, land, and water rights to oil and gas companies.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Beneath the ideological narratives, global conflicts often come down to pragmatic goals such as geography, water rights, mineral rights and supply-chain control.
—Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Daryl Vigil, co-director of the Water & Tribes Initiative, an organization that provides support to basin tribes on water issues, said removing Cooke from consideration could pose another barrier to tribes settling their water rights and having a hand in managing their current allocations.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Water right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20right. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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