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A centuries-old system determines who gets water first and last

A centuries-old system determines who gets water first and last
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A centuries-old system determines who gets water first, and last, in dry times

Prior appropriation is the water law in the West that determines how water is divided among users. Most of the water in the Colorado River Basin is used for agriculture. Increasingly, Colorado is designating junior waterrights to streams themselves as rivers and drought continues to shrink water supplies. ....

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