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Greeley staff brief board on Colorado water-right basics and propose changes to agricultural and nonagricultural water rental programs
Summary
Water Resources staff gave a primer on Colorado water law and presented proposed updates to the city’s agricultural rental program and a new blind-auction process for nonagricultural water rentals, including minimum pricing and schedule changes to increase revenue and operational efficiency.
Water Resources staff provided the Greeley Water and Sewer Board with a two-part briefing on Sept. 17: a primer on Colorado water-right administration and a staff proposal to revise the city’s agricultural and nonagricultural water-rental programs.
Leah, water resources staff, opened with a basic overview of Colorado prior-appropriation water law, water-court decrees, types of water rights (direct flow, storage, exchange, augmentation) and how return flows and river calls affect operations. Leah said Greeley routinely files as an opposer in water-court applications to prevent injury to the city’s senior rights and described operational tools such as augmentation decrees and exchanges used to manage junior rights and well use.
Why it matters: the presentation framed the rental-policy discussion by explaining how Greeley must mimic historical consumptive use and manage river-call obligations while operating wells, storage…
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