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Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 37 - WATER AND IRRIGATIONWATER RIGHTS AND IRRIGATIONWATER RIGHTS - GENERALLY
Article 82 - APPROPRIATION AND USE OF WATER
Section 37-82-102 - Priority of right to spring water

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-82-102

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Current through Chapter 123 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 37-82-102 - Priority of right to spring water

All ditches constructed for the purpose of utilizing the waste, seepage, or spring waters of the state shall be governed by the same laws relating to priority of right as those ditches constructed for the purpose of utilizing the water of running streams; but the person upon whose land the seepage or spring waters first arise shall have the prior right to such waters if capable of being used upon his lands.

C.R.S. § 37-82-102

L. 1889: p. 215, § 1. R.S. 08: § 3177. C.L. § 1637. CSA: C. 90, § 20. CRS 53: § 147-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-2-2.