Water Law

Our firm’s water practice has expertise in many areas, including:
- applications for new ground and surface water rights
- changes in or modification of water rights
- negotiation and acquisition of contractual interests in and to storage water rights maintained under federal reclamation or local/municipal projects
- creation of storage facilities and establishing surface or sub-surface storage water rights
- water rights audits
- transfers of water rights to in-stream uses
- compliance with the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and National Environmental Policy Act
- litigation in support of securing new water rights or protecting existing water rights against injury by third party
- negotiations with oil companies regarding drilling or frac water contracts in order to ensure the Landowner’s water rights are protected