A startup company that analyzes data about the nation’s oil and gas industry has turned its sights on another critical commodity: water in the West.
Water, in Colorado and much of the west, is considered a property right that can be bought, sold, or inherited as part of an estate.
But the details of those rights — such as who owns the water, how much water, from which stream, and what it can be used for — are often buried in court records, state archives and county clerk’s offices in different…
A startup company that analyzes data about the nation’s oil and gas industry has turned its sights on another critical commodity: water in the West.
Water, in Colorado and much of the west, is considered a property right that can be bought, sold, or inherited as part of an estate.
But the details of those rights — such as who owns the water, how much water, from which stream, and what it can be used for — are often buried in court records, state archives and county clerk’s offices in different…