Colorado Irrigation Methods and Water Rights Disputes in the Late 1800s and Early 1900s
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a series of irrigation ditches was constructed along the Arkansas and South Platte Rivers to provide farmers with sufficient water to meet their agricultural needs in an arid environment. Kansas claimed that the amount of water withdrawn from the Arkansas reduced the flow of water sufficient to affect their rights to that water. The Colorado-Kansas dispute was settled by the Supreme Court.
