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Competing Uses for Limited Water
Author(s) -
Campbell Gregg A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1985.tb05602.x
Subject(s) - doctrine , water use , natural resource economics , agriculture , business , environmental planning , economics , environmental science , political science , geography , law , ecology , archaeology , biology
As needs for water increase in the growing economy of Colorado, especially in urban areas, old priority uses will inevitably have to give way to new perceptions of beneficial applications. The prior use doctrine, although theoretically applicable to the values of the marketplace, has practical shortcomings when senior water rights are sold for a different use. Agricultural use of water, which consumes a large share of Colorado's water entitlements at a low economic benefit, may have to be curtailed in the future in favor of more valuable uses.