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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-8-101 (2026)

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This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Water Quality Control Act".

Source: L. 81: Entire article R&RE, p. 1310, § 1, effective July 1.

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Cited in 20 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2025 · leading case: Barr Lake Vill. Metro. Dist. v. Colorado Water Quality Control Comm'n, 835 P.2d 613 (Colo. Ct. App. 1992).
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Barr Lake Vill. Metro. Dist. v. Colorado Water Quality Control Comm'n, 835 P.2d 613 (Colo. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “The Act sets forth the General Assembly’s purposes for enacting the legislation in certain declarations, the general import of which is to facilitate the enjoyment and use of the waters of the state, to prevent injury to the beneficial uses of water, to develop the state’s…”
Question Submitted by the United States Court of Claims v. United States, 589 P.2d 57 (Colo. 1978). · cites it 5× “cannot establish a right in silt because silt is a pollutant under the *62 provisions of the Colorado Water Quality Act (sections 25-8-101 et seq., C.R.S.1973) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.”
Sierra Club v. Young Life Campaign, Inc., 176 F. Supp. 2d 1070 (D. Colo. 2001). · cites it 2× “As part of that application, Young Life sought an NPDES permit to discharge wastewater from this proposed treatment facility into Crooked Creek, a small stream that runs through the Ranch before entering the Fraser River.”
City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co., 926 P.2d 1 (Colo. 1996). “In the Colorado Water Quality Control Act, §§ 25-8-101 to -703,11A C.R.S. (1989 & 1995 Supp.”
Mt. Emmons Mining Co. v. Town of Crested Butte, 690 P.2d 231 (Colo. 1984). “AMAX asserted that the ordinance was invalid for the following reasons: it conflicted with and was preempted by the Colorado, Water Quality Control Act, §§ 25-8-101 to -703, 11 C.R.S. (1982 & 1983 Supp.”
Mathews v. Dow Chem. Co., 947 F. Supp. 1517 (D. Colo. 1996). · cites it 2× “Moreover, the Court finds that Plaintiffs’ negligence per se claim would raise complex issues of state statutory law under the Colorado Water Quality Control Act, §§ 25-8-101, C.R.S., et seq.; the State Hazardous Waste Management Program, §§ 25-15-301, C.”
Kemper v. Leahy, 328 P.3d 172 (Colo. 2014). · cites it 2× “(providing for priority administration of water rights within the state); § 25-8-101, C.R.S. (2018) et seq. (providing for regulation of water quality within the state).”
Sierra Club v. Colorado Refining Co., 852 F. Supp. 1476 (D. Colo. 1994). · cites it 2× “) The NPDES permit was issued pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado Water *1478 Quality Control Act (“CWQCA”), as amended, Colo.Rev.Stat. § 25-8-101 to 25-8-703 (1989), and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.”
Colorado Wild, Inc. v. United States Forest Serv., 122 F. Supp. 2d 1190 (D. Colo. 2000). · cites it 2× “Water quality is the province of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission and the Water Quality Division (“Water Quality Agencies”) which were created by the Colorado Water Quality Control Act, Colo. Rev.Stat. § 25-8-101 et seq. Id. Water quantity, on the other hand, is…”
Concerning the Application for Plan for Augmentation of the City & Cnty. of Denver Ex Rel. Bd. of Water Commissioners v. City & Cnty. of Denver, 44 P.3d 1019 (Colo. 2002). “The purpose of the WQCA is to prevent injury to beneficial uses made of state waters, to maximize the beneficial uses of water, and to develop water to which Colorado and its citizens are entitled, and, within this context, to achieve the maximum practical degree of water…”
State of Colo. v. Idarado Min. Co., 707 F. Supp. 1227 (D. Colo. 1989). · cites it 2× “The State has determined in its Record of Decision that all activities must comply with the Colorado Water Quality Control Act, C.R.S. §§ 25-8-101 through 25-8-612 (1986).”
Amax, Inc. v. Colorado Water Quality Control Comm'n, 790 P.2d 879 (Colo. Ct. App. 1990). “, (1977) and the Colorado Water Quality Control Act, § 25-8-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1989 Repl.Vol.”
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