Utah Water Law and Water Rights

The Utah Stream Access Coalition has filed a second lawsuit seeking access to rivers and streams for recreation. The first lawsuit centered...

The Utah Supreme Court recently issued its opinion in the case of Haik v. Sandy City . The case centered on a title dispute to a water right...

The question is often asked: If I put in a more efficient irrigation system, can I increase my irrigated acreage (or sell the "saved...

As part of the General Adjudication process , the Utah Division of Water Rights prepares hydrographic survey maps. These maps show all of th...

Last November, the Utah Stream Access Coalition filed a lawsuit in Wasatch County district court challenging the 2010 stream access law pa...

Utah Code section 73-1-8 law imposes an affirmative duty on “[t]he owner of any ditch, canal, flume or other watercourse [to] maintain it t...

In Utah, like most parts of the arid West, water oftentimes has to be conveyed a long distance between the source and the place of use. Acco...

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently issued its draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Logan and Nort...

The Utah Court of Appeals recently issued its opinion in Lowry v. G&L Enterprises, LLC . The case was between the Carol L. Lowry Irrevoc...

Here are more water bills that have passed both the House and the Senate: HB 247 : Water Development Amendments HB 428 : Water Issues Tas...