Utah Water Law and Water Rights

In 2023, the Utah Legislature passed SB 34: Water Infrastructure Funding Study . SB 34 required the Department of Natural Resources to study...

The Division of Water Rights has adopted the Parowan Valley Groundwater Management Plan, as of October 15, 2024. The plan notes that safe gr...

The Utah Division of Water Rights has set a public meeting to discuss the development of a groundwater management plan for Pahvant Valley (A...

The Utah Division of Water Rights has set a public meeting to discuss the results of a recently published groundwater hydrology study perfor...

The Utah Division of Water Rights has set a meeting to discuss its direction under Utah Code section 73-3-33 to "regulate the measureme...

The Utah Division of Water Rights has issued notice of its intent to adopt a groundwater management for Parowan Valley in Iron County. The g...

The Utah Court of Appeals recently issued its decision in the case of Zundel v. Ramsdell . The case focused on the issue of whether water sh...

Over the past few months, the Division of Water Rights has made a number of staffing changes, including the following: Jared Manning is now ...

The Utah Court of Appeals recently issued its decision in the case of Washington County Water Conservancy District v. Washington Townhomes L...

There was a long list of water-related bills that were passed during the 2024 session of the Utah Legislature. Below are bills summaries (dr...