Colorado Code § 37-82-102

Priority of right to spring water
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All ditches constructed for the purpose of
utilizing the waste, seepage, or spring waters of the state shall be governed by the same laws
relating to priority of right as those ditches constructed for the purpose of utilizing the water of
running streams; but the person upon whose land the seepage or spring waters first arise shall
have the prior right to such waters if capable of being used upon his lands.

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