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To Have Our Water And Use It Too : Why Colorado Water Law Needs A Public Interest Standard, Larry Myers
To Have Our Water And Use It Too : Why Colorado Water Law Needs A Public Interest Standard, Larry Myers
University of Colorado Law Review
This Comment proposes constitutional and statutory amendments that would allow water courts to consider the public interest in water allocations. It offers a model public interest standard and argues that this public interest standard is an economic necessity given the shifting contributions of water-reliant industries and the nature of their water needs. Assuming the purpose of Colorado water law is to promote growth and the economic health of the state, then Colorado must adjust the guiding laws to reflect the current economic reality. Where facilitating economic growth formerly required consumptive diversions from streams to subsidize homesteads, ranches, and mines, now …