Utah Water Law and Water Rights

Representative Stephen Sandstrom has introduced House Bill 246 (H.B. 246) entitled "Repeal of Phosphorus Limit in Dishwashing Detergent...

Representative Jack Draxler has introduced House Bill 39 (H.B. 39), which is entitled "Water Rights Amendments." The bill makes s...

The following article was written by David Hartvigsen , a partner at Smith Hartvigsen, PLLC , for the Water & The Law newsletter that ...

Senator Dennis Stowell has introduced Senate Bill 108 (S.B. 108), which is entitled "Joint Use of Water Infrastructure." The bill ...

The Utah Division of Water Rights recently adopted a new policy regarding who is entitled to have municipal use water rights. The text of th...

Under Utah Code section 9-8-404 , a state agency is not supposed to approve any undertaking without taking into account the undertaking’s po...

Senator Ralph Okerlund has introduced Senate Bill 102 (S.B. 102), which is entitled "Temporary Water Shortage Emergency - Military Fac...

Senator Margaret Dayton has introduced a bill to make some changes to Utah Code section 73-3-17 . The bill has been numbered Senate Bill 26...

After a Change Application or Application to Appropriate has been filed with the Utah Division of Water Rights, there is a process that the...

The following article was written for the Water & The Law newsletter that our firm publishes on a quarterly basis. If you would like to...