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Utah Code Title 73. Water and Irrigation § 73-5-8. Audits--Reports by users to engineer

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The Division of Water Rights shall, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules specifying:

(a) what water use data a person shall report, pursuant to this section; and

(b) how the Division of Water Rights shall validate the data described in Subsection (1)(a).

(2) The Division of Water Rights may:

(a) collect and validate water use data; and

(b) require data be submitted electronically in a particular format by a city of the first class or a water conservancy district that provides service in whole or in part within a county of the first or second class, if the city or water conservancy district is located within:

(i) the surveyed meander line of the Great Salt Lake;

(ii) the drainage areas of the Bear River or the Bear River's tributaries;

(iii) the drainage areas of Bear Lake or Bear Lake's tributaries;

(iv) the drainage areas of the Weber River or the Weber River's tributaries;

(v) the drainage areas of the Jordan River or the Jordan River's tributaries;

(vi) the drainage areas of Utah Lake or Utah Lake's tributaries;

(vii) other water drainages lying between the Bear River and the Jordan River that are tributary to the Great Salt Lake and not included in the drainage areas described in Subsections (2)(b)(ii) through (vi); or

(viii) the drainage area of Tooele Valley.

(3) Every person using water from any river system or water source, when requested by the state engineer, shall within 30 days after such request report to the state engineer in writing:

(a) the nature of the use of any such water;

(b) the area on which used;

(c) the kind of crops to be grown;

(d) water elevations on wells or tunnels; and

(e) quantity of water used.

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