Utah Water Law and Water Rights

A few months ago, the Utah Supreme Court issued its ruling in Stern v. Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy .  This case rel...

The Utah Division of Water Rights' administrative process for change applications , applications to appropriate, exchange applications, ...

The Utah Court of Appeals recently issued its opinion in the case of Magna Water Company v. Strawberry Water Users Association .  This case ...

The Utah Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion in the case of Meguerditchian v. Smith , which addressed an issue related to Utah water...

The Fourth District Court of Utah (Judge Derek Pullan) recently issued a ruling on the motions for summary judgment filed in the Utah Stre...

As discussed in a prior article, an important part of a General Adjudication is the publication of the Proposed Determination.  Unless an o...

Each year, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) publishes a report on groundwater conditions in Utah. The report is prepared and publi...

The 2012 Utah legislative general session has come to an end. Below is a summary of bills that passed, as well as some important bills that ...

Below is an article that I recently wrote for Western AgCredit's FenceLines magazine. A PDF copy of the full magazine can be seen by cli...

The following article was published in the Water & The Law newsletter, which our firm publishes on a quarterly basis. If you would like...