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Colorado Foundation for Water Education Citizen's Guides
   


Citizen's Guides

Our Citizen's Guides are a series of educational booklets designed to provide Colorado citizens with balanced and accurate information on a variety of subjects related to water resources.  Hardcopies are available for purchase through our online store.  Discounts are available as a membership benefit.  Click here for membership information.

Click to view CG to Water Law PDF

Citizen's Guide to Colorado Water Law, 2nd edition

This useful desk reference, authored by Justice Gregory Hobbs Jr, explores the basics of Colorado water law, how it has developed, and how it is applied today. Readers can learn more about surface and ground water allocation and regulation, understand concepts such as interstate compacts, or read about how a "call" for water works.
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Click to view CG to Colorado Water Quality Protection PDF

Citizen's Guide to Colorado Water Quality Protection

Curious as to how the state decides what rivers are healthy for fish, or what lakes are safe for swimming? This desk reference, authored by Paul D. Frohardt of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, tackles the complex system of water quality laws and regulations. From the headwaters to the plains, this guide helps explain the risks and investigates the solutions to our water quality problems.
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Click to view CG to Colorado Water Conservation PDF

Citizen's Guide to Colorado Water Conservation

This Citizens Guide looks at the current water conservation technologies, incentive programs, regulations and policies promoting efficient water use in Colorado. Not a "how-to" book, but a reference for those who need a balanced overview of the opportunities and challenges for water conservation in Colorado today.
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Click to view CG to Colorado's Water Heritage PDF

Citizen's Guide to Colorado's Water Heritage

This book draws together the expertise of six prominent historians and scholars from throughout Colorado and the West to explore how water shaped Colorado culture, history and identity. Discover Native American, Hispano and Anglo contributions to our water heritage. Important background reading for those interested in water resource issues, as well as a valuable teaching aid for the classroom.
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Click to view CG to Where Your Water Comes From PDF

Citizen's Guide to Where Your Water Comes From

Explains how weather patterns and aquifers supply the water we use. Summarizes the intricate distribution systems Coloradans have developed to deliver water to our farms and cities. Funding for this publication was provided by Water for the West.
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Click to view CG to Colorado's Environmental Era PDF

Citizen's Guide to Colorado's Environmental Era

This guide extends the history timeline to recent years-what we have labeled "the environmental era." Essays from six prominent historians, authors and environmentalists discuss how the environmental movement has shaped Colorado's culture, communities and landscapes.
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Click to view CG to Denver Basin Groundwater PDF

Citizen's Guide to Denver Basin Groundwater

This guide explores the geology and hydrology of the Denver Basin underground water resource, the legal framework developed for its administration and management, the current development of the resource, as well as its limitations and sustainability with particular focus on the South Denver Metro Area.
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