In 1969 Colorado acted to clarify its law with respect to under-ground water that is the water in alluvial aquifers hydraulically connected to surface waters. Increasingly this so called tributary groundwater was becoming an important source of supply especially for irrigation. Yet its development had proceeded virtually unregulated until 1965. This paper examines Colorado's experience in integrating the use of tributary groundwater with surface water....

Outlines and explains 8 characteristics of an enhanced Colorado water bank.