Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money
Water Rights - Law, Guns and Money - Why is water so dang complicated? We are going to explain it drop by drop. You gotta start slow or it's overwhelming. We'll explore the early history, evolution of water rights, farmers versus cities, interstate squabbles, lack of common sense in administration, reallocation to form new uses, problems with water court, the ridiculous amount of time to get permitted, investments in water, and other topics. It is complicated but we have fun making sense of it all. We may get shot, but we will take aim at all these issues.
Water Rights: Laws, Guns, & Money
Episode 64 AUGMENTATION, DEPLETIONS AND ACCRETIONS
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Tommy Raye
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Season 2023
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Episode 64
Bill Berg, Hydrogeologist with Marin and Wood Water Consultants
· South Platte River augmentations more complicated than in San Luis Valley
· Most augmentation plans used for out of priority wells
Replacement source
· Must match time, place and amount of depletion
· Water wells create a drawdown cone within the aquifer