Water Law

Reservoir of Opportunity: How Chimney Hollow Supports Colorado’s Housing Future

It started, as these things often do, with a headline built for panic: Uranium found in new Colorado reservoir project. Cue…

10 months ago

Lyons Gaddis Welcomes Four Legal Professionals

Lyons Gaddis is proud to welcome three attorneys and one paralegal previously with Boulder-based Vranesh & Raisch LLP. The move…

10 months ago

Water Wars: Thornton’s Struggle and Triumph in Obtaining Pipeline Permits

By Jeffrey J. Kahn and Michelle R. Soule On May 8,2024 the City of Thornton finally obtained the last permit…

2 years ago

Easements not created equal; what you need to know

With the ever-increasing development along the Northern Front Range, many of Lyons Gaddis’ irrigation company clients are asked to either…

4 years ago

Quality and Quantity Concerns: Water Lessons from the Marshall Fire

As I was preparing recently to write this blog post a few weeks ago, several friends had just lost homes…

4 years ago

Securing a Title Opinion for Your Water Rights Purchase

Water in Colorado belongs to the people of the State. The State manages the resource for the benefit of its…

6 years ago

Climate Change Impacts on Colorado Water Users

Recent fires and high temperatures across the West may have water users wondering what rising temperatures and sustained drought conditions…

6 years ago

Protecting Water Rights from Calls

Water rights in Colorado are prioritized and administered based on the year of their decree and date of appropriation. The…

6 years ago

Aurora Purchase of Northern Colorado Water

Recently, the City of Aurora entered into a contract to purchase 119 shares in the Whitney Irrigation Company from BCI…

6 years ago

Are Ditch Riders/Superintendents and Other Ditch Maintenance Personnel Essential under the State of Colorado March 25, 2020 COVID-19 Response Executive Order?

Lyons Gaddis COVID-19 Alert This Alert is one in a collection of articles created by Lyons Gaddis in our effort…

6 years ago