Udall, Brad听1
1听Colorado Water Institute 鈥� Colorado State University
Water in the Western US is governed by water law derived from the early gold miners in the mid 19th听century and is controlled by massive infrastructure built in the 20th听century. 听Population growth and a vastly different hydrologic cycle due to climate change will stress both the legal and built environments.听 This talk will discuss how climate change will affect the water cycle including changes we are already experiencing, the limitations of existing water law and possible modifications, and the need to manage our infrastructure in new ways.