Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Event Date
6-4-1985
Series
Summer Conference (6th: 1985: Boulder, Colo.)
Description
27 pages.
Citation Information
Aiken, J. David, "Western Ground Water Law: Overview and Recent Developments" (1985). Western Water Law in Transition (Summer Conference, June 3-5).
https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/western-water-law-in-transition/5
Alternate Title
Developments in Groundwater Law
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Comments
The prior appropriation doctrine has governed the allocation and use of water in the western United States since the 1850s. The shifting nature of water demand is bringing about changes in the traditional legal system. This conference will consider the fundamental principles of the prior appropriation doctrine together with the important new developments in the law now underway throughout the West.