STATE of UTAH Water Rights Waterrights Utah Form

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I'm asked frequently about water and water rights in Utah, and it's a little different, it can be a little complicated. So let's go over some basics. I'm Jennie Hendricks at century 21 prestige Realty, and, you know, water is kind of a complex and complicated issue in this area. So let's talk about some of the basic information that you need to know if you are going to be dealing with water rights in the area. First let's talk about sort of the history and how we got to where we are. And I think it'll make everything else kind of fall into place a little bit. Water law began in Utah, of course, with the settlement of the pioneers in 1847. The first settlers in the salt Lake Valley arrived to a desert where the primary water source was streams coming out of the Canyon and the Jordan river in order to settle the salt Lake Valley and begin growing crops for food, they had to divert that water to where they needed to irrigate. Um, the law that grew out of that, uh, and governing the use of