Spencer Williams spent his summers as a river guide in Colorado’s Upper Arkansas River Valley, and those experiences on the water led him to law school and into a career as a water rights attorney. He now works for Ponderosa Advisors, advising clients on water rights and water markets across the American West. Spencer also works with Ponderosa’s new software platform Water Sage, an innovative software program that is redefining water research across the West.
In this episode, we dig into the details of water in the West—What exactly a what right is, how water rights can be severed from the land, and the history of water as a property right. We talk about water as an investment, and how big money is currently rushing into the West’s water markets. We discuss Spencer’s work at Ponderosa and Water Sage, and we also tell some stories from his days as a river guide. It was a fun and informative conversavation about an important topic. I hope you enjoy!
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Episode Notes
Topics Covered
- Ponderosa Advisors
- Water Sage
- Upper Arkansas River Valley
- Mount Princeton
- The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko
- Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyers by P. Andrew Jones
- Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water by Marc Reisner
- The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- 30 for 30