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Heber Valley Water Rights Information Meeting

Learn about managing water rights in Heber Valley, Utah. Explore historical water rights, challenges faced, and possible solutions for future management. Get involved to support proper allocation and usage of water resources.

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Heber Valley Water Rights Information Meeting

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  1. Heber Valley Water Rights Information Meeting Utah Division of Water Rights http://waterrights.utah.gov October 30, 2007

  2. Agenda • Water Right Basics (Robert) • Heber Valley Issues (John) • Management (Boyd) • Questions

  3. Water Rights Mission Provide order and certainty in the beneficial use of Utah’s water. Opportunity to beneficially use waters of public subject to prior rights is provided for in statute.

  4. Water is the Paintbrush which has Painted our Past;

  5. How we manage that resource is the chisel which will shape our future.

  6. Heber Valley Wells

  7. Provo River Decree • Creative water right solution for time (1921) • Independent divisions rather than strict priority • Rights defined primarily by flow and class rather than use • Layers have been added on top of decree as other projects have developed to address principals which allowed decree to function.

  8. Challenges • Water right characteristics of decree rights • Independent divisions / implied dependencies • Accommodating flexibility while maintaining order • Growing distribution complexity • Growing dependency on groundwater resources • Workload increase / Reduce processing time • Competition / Water Speculation

  9. Solutions • Administratively define missing right elements • Acknowledge and mitigate dependencies • Water Company/Share accounting • Distribution Automation • Application processing improvements/measures • Increase adjudication effort • Groundwater management plan

  10. Water users can help • Provide supporting information for applications • Participate meaningfully in process • Deal with growth in local planning • Develop a record of use/diversion measurement • Support distribution automation efforts

  11. Don’t BUY a big old pumpkin And expect the State Engineer to turn it into a beautiful carriage!

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