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The owner's guide, and change alerts
Two things, both free. A typeset, printable 13-page PDF guide to finding, reading and protecting a Colorado water right — the sequence to work through, the records to pull, and the questions to ask before money changes hands. And a short email when Colorado water rules actually change.
No spam, no selling your address, unsubscribe in one click. The form is at the bottom of this page, as it is on every page.
What is in the guide
- The parcel check, as a working checklist. The seven steps from checking a property, laid out to print and take with you.
- How to read what you find. The fields that matter on a decree record and a well permit, and the ones that are decoration.
- The questions to put to a seller in writing — the ones that surface severed water, ditch company shares and use restrictions before closing rather than after.
- What to bring to a water attorney, so the first hour is worth what it costs.
- The deadlines that are short, unforgiving, and easy to miss.
What the alerts are
A short email when something actually changes: a statute amended, a rule that affects homeowners or buyers, a correction to something we published. Not a newsletter, not a digest, and not a schedule — if nothing has changed, nothing arrives.
If you would rather not
Everything the guide covers is on this site already, free, with no email required — that is the point of it. The guide is a convenience, not a paywall. Start with looking up a water right or the basics and you will get to the same place.