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Water Rights Resources

Water law is complex, nuanced, and can be difficult to understand. We delve into common water law concepts and provide tutorials that describe how it use publicly available tools to learn more about water rights. To this end, below are a series of articles that are designed to help parties develop a general understanding of some of the basic principles of water law. The information provided below is for educational purposes only and if you have specific questions about your water rights, please contact the attorneys at Nazarenus Stack & Wombacher for legal advice. Use of this information is explicitly subject the website disclaimer available here.

Water Court Resumes

Water Court “Resumes” are published each month in all 7 Water Divisions in Colorado. The Resumes detail the water court applications filed in the prior month, and can be used by parties to monitor water rights development in their area and to assess whether they may need to file a statement of opposition to ensure that a water court application does not result in injury to existing water rights.

Water Court resumes can be accessed in two ways. First, more recent Water Court Resumes can be found on the website for each of the 7 Water Courts in Colorado and can be accessed from the following link: https://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Water/.

Water Court resumes can also be accessed through the Division of Water Resources’ Imaged Documents search tool available here:https://dnrweblink.state.co.us/dwr/search.aspx. To find resumes using this method you must first select “Water Court Resumes” from the drop-down menu under “Template” as shown below.


Next, narrow your search results by selecting the appropriate water division and a month and/oryear. Click “search” when you are done.

Reviewing the water resume on a monthly basis is a good habit if you are concerned about water rights development in your area.

If you have questions about filing statements of opposition please contact the experienced attorneys at Nazarenus Stack & Wombacher LLC for assistance

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