Lawrence MacDonnell

University of Colorado Law School

Adjunct Professor

401 UCB

2450 Kittredge Loop Road

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1.

Colorado River Basin

Waters and Water Rights, Lexis-Nexus, CORB-1, 2021
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 12 Mar 2021
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado River; Colorado River Basin; Law of the River; Colorado River Compact; Boulder Canyon Project Act; Tribal reserved water rights; Arizona v. California

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Sources of Controversy in the Law of the Colorado River: An Upper Basin View

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Jul 2021
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 262 (237,681)
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Prior Appropriation: A Reassessment

Water Law Review, Vol 18, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 162 (371,996)
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prior appropriation; water law; reform

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Arizona v. California & the Colorado River Compact: Fifty Years Ago, Fifty Years Ahead

4 Ariz. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 130 (2014)
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2016
Jason Robison and Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Wyoming - College of Law and University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 140 (419,334)
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interstate water allocation, interstate compacts, Colorado River Basin, Arizona v. California, water management, water planning, Supreme Court, equitable apportionment

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The Law of the Colorado River: Coping with Severe Sustained Drought, Part II

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Mar 2021
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 138 (424,088)
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Colorado River, Law of the River, severe sustained drought, water uses, water shortages, Colorado River Compact, Boulder Canyon Project Act, Treaty with Mexico, Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, Colorado River System Projects Act, Colorado River Basin Storage Act, Interim Guidelines, Drought Conti

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Shepherding Appropriated Water within Colorado and to Lake Powell for Colorado River Compact Security

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 05 Sep 2017
Lawrence MacDonnell and Anne Castle
University of Colorado Law School and Getches-Wilkinson Center
Downloads 108 (511,514)
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shepherding; Colorado water law; Colorado River Compact; Upper Colorado River Compact

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Restoring the West's Waters: Opportunities for the Bureau of Reclamation, Vol. II: Phase Two Area Studies

Number of pages: 274 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell, Teresa Rice and Judith Jacobsen
University of Colorado Law School, University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 90 (577,905)

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Bureau of Reclamation

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Water Banks: Untangling the Gordian Knot of Western Water

L. MacDonnell, Water Banks: Untangling the Gordian Knot of Western Water, Chapter 22, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 1995
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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water banks; change of use; water markets; third party effects; no injury

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An Enhanced Water Bank for Colorado

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Sep 2016
Anne Castle and Lawrence MacDonnell
Getches-Wilkinson Center and University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 83 (606,681)
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water bank, temporary transfers, water rights

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2000-2019 in the Colorado River Basin and Beyond

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 22 Jul 2020
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado River; Interim Shortage Guidelines; Drought Contingency Plan

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Instream Flow Protection in the West

Number of pages: 397 Posted: 27 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 69 (670,743)
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instream flow

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Technical Appendix - Legal Analysis - Shepherding Appropriated Water in Colorado for Colorado River Compact Security

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2017
Lawrence MacDonnell and Anne Castle
University of Colorado Law School and Getches-Wilkinson Center
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Colorado Water Law; Colorado River Compact; Upper Colorado River Compact; Compact Security; Shepherding

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Shepherding Compact Security Water in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Colorado Water, January/February 2018
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 08 May 2018
Lawrence MacDonnell and Anne Castle
University of Colorado Law School and Getches-Wilkinson Center
Downloads 61 (713,051)
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Colorado River, Colorado River Compact, Lake Powell, Compact curtailment, Shepherding

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The Water Transfer Process as a Management Option for Meeting Changing Water Demands, Vol. I.

Number of pages: 102 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 59 (724,354)
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water transfers; changes of use; transaction costs

15.

The 1922 Colorado River Compact at 100

Western Legal HIstory, vol. 33,no 1-2 (2023)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Aug 2023
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado River; Colorado River Compact; Law of the River; Upper Basin; Lower Basin; Lee Ferry; Herbert Hoover; Delph Carpenter; Arthur Davis

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Arizona v. California: Its Meaning and Significance for the Colorado River and Beyond after Fifty Years

Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 4, 2013
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 54 (754,568)
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Colorado River; Arizona v. California

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The Law of Nature's Resources

Number of pages: 1442 Posted: 11 Feb 2021
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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natural resources law, common resources, public resources, wildlife law, water law, wind and solar law, oil and gas law, mineral law, public land law, sustainable development

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Area of Origin Protection in Transbasin Diversions: An Evaluation of Alternative Approaches

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 57, p. 527, 1985-1986
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell and Charles W. Howe
University of Colorado Law School and University of Colorado at Boulder - Institute of Behavioral Science
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area of origin protection; basin of origin; transbasin diversions

19.

Watershed Planning and Management in Colorado

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 03 Sep 2016
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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watershed, water basin, basin roundtables, watershed groups

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Facilitating Voluntary Transfers of Bureau of Reclamation-Supplied Water: Vol. II

Number of pages: 230 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell, Richard Wahl and Bruce Driver
University of Colorado Law School, Government of the United States of America - Department of the Interior and Independent
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water transfers; Bureau of Reclamation

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New Players on the Colorado River — the Tribes

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 11 Feb 2021
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado River; Tribes; Reserved Rights

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Moving Agricultural Water to Cities: The Search for Smarter Approaches

Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 14, p. 105, 2008
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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water transfers; third party effects; public interest

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Montana v. Wyoming: Sprinklers, Irrigation Water Use Efficiency and the Doctrine of Recapture

Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 5, Iss. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Montana v. Wyoming; doctrine of recapture; irrigation efficiency

24.

Proposal for an Enhanced Colorado Water Bank

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 03 Sep 2016
Anne Castle and Lawrence MacDonnell
Getches-Wilkinson Center and University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 40 (854,147)

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water bank, temporary transfers, water rights

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Improving Irrigation Water Uses for Agricultural and Environmental Benefits

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Jul 2016
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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irrigation water use, efficiency, conservation, environmental benefits

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Restoring the West's Waters: Opportunities for the Bureau of Reclamation, Vol. I: Section One: Summary of Findings, Section Two: Case Studies

Number of pages: 308 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell, Teresa Rice and Judith Jacobsen
University of Colorado Law School, University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 34 (905,690)

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Bureau of Reclamation; environmental benefits

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Facilitating Voluntary Transfers of Bureau of Reclamation-Supplied Water: Vol I.

Number of pages: 121 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell, Richard Wahl and Bruce Driver
University of Colorado Law School, Government of the United States of America - Department of the Interior and Independent
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water transfers; Bureau of Reclamation

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General Stream Adjudications, the McCarran Amendment, and Reserved Water Rights

Wyoming Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
Downloads 33 (914,706)
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general stream adjudications; McCarran Amendment; federal reserved rights

29.

Arizona v. California Revisited

Natural Resources Journal, Vol. 52, 2012
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado River; Colorado River Compact; Boulder Canyon Project Act; Arizona v. California

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America's Waters: A New Era of Sustainability: Report of the Long's Peak Working Group on National Water Policy

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
David Getches, Lawrence MacDonnell and Charles Wilkinson
University of Colorado at Boulder, School of Law (deceased), University of Colorado Law School and University of Colorado Law School
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Long's Peak Report

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Environmental Flows in the Rocky Mountain West: A Progress Report

Wyoming Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2009
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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environmental flows; instream flows

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The Development of Wyoming Water Law

Wyoming Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2014
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Wyoming; water law; Elwood Mead

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Colorado's Law of 'Underground Water': A Look at the South Platte Basin and Beyond

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 579, 1988
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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groundwater; integration of surface water and groundwater uses; plan for augmentation

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The Colorado River: Has it Run Out of Water?

The Water Report, Issue #16, June 15, 2005
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado River; drought; overallocation

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Transferring Water Uses in the West

Oklahoma Law Review, Vol. 43, p. 119, 1990
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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water transfers; water markets; changes of use; no injury

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Navigating a Pathway Toward Colorado's Water Future: A Review and Recommendations on Colorado's Water Plan

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado Water Plan

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New Options for the Lower Colorado River Basin

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado River; water transfers

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Rethinking Use of General Stream Adjudications

Wyoming Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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water rights; general adjudications; McCarran Amendment

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Protecting Local Economies

Number of pages: 120 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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State of Washington; local economies; water transfers

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Establishing a Water Law Framework: The Colombia Example

Water International, Volume 32, Number 4, Pg. 662-675, December 2007
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell and Neil Grigg
University of Colorado Law School and Colorado State University, Fort Collins
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Colombia; water law; water quality

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Living with the Endangered Species Act in Colorado

The Colorado Lawyer, Vol. 31, No. 2, February 2002
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Endangered Species Act; Colorado; conservation bank; jumping mouse

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Thinking About Environmentally Sustainable Development in the American West

Journal of Land, Resources & Environmental Law, Vol. 18, p. 123, 1998
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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sustainable development

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Changing Uses of Water in Colorado: Law and Policy

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 31, No. 4, 1989
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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water transfers; change of use; Colorado; no injury

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Integrating Use of Ground and Surface Water in Wyoming

Idaho Law Review, Vol. 47, 2010
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Wyoming; ground water law; groundwater-surface water

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Out-of-Priority Water Use: Adding Flexibility to the Water Appropriation System

Nebraska Law Review, Vol. 83, 2004
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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prior appropriation; out-of-priority

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Managing Reclamation Facilities for Ecosystem Benefits

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 67, p. 197, 1996
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 23 Nov 2015
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Bureau of Reclamation; dams; Endangered Species Act

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COLORADO RIVER BASIN UPDATE

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COLORADO RIVER BASIN UPDATE

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 17 Jun 2024
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado River; Law of the River;

Colorado River Basin Update

The Water Report, Issue 233, July 2023
Posted: 09 Aug 2023
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School

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Colorado River, Law of the River, Compact Apportionments, Boulder Canyon Project Act, Treaty with Mexico, Arizona v. California, Central Arizona Project, Interim Shortage Guidelines, Drought Contingency Plan

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Colorado River Governance: A Model?

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 11 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2021
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School
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Colorado River; Governance; Decision Making

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Book Review- Water and Agriculture in Colorado and the American West: First in Line for the Rio Grande

Western Historical Quarterly, 2022;, whac075, https://doi.org/10.1093/whq/whac075
Posted: 21 Jun 2024
Lawrence MacDonnell
University of Colorado Law School

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water, agriculture, San Luis Valley