Guides

Plain answers about Colorado ditch companies

Written for shareholders, secretaries, and anyone who just inherited a headgate. No sales pitch — just what we've learned reading bylaws, minutes, and the USBR landowner's guide.

• What is a Mutual Ditch Company?

  What these corporations are, how shares work, who runs them, and where Colorado's water law came from.

• Who Owns an Irrigation Ditch? Ownership & Maintenance in Colorado

  Ditch easements on private land, who's responsible for what, and what to check before you touch a ditch.

• What Does a Ditch Rider Do?

  The job that keeps water moving in the right order, to the right headgate, at the right time.