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Irrigation Water Values In Cache County, Utah, Marlyn Fife
Irrigation Water Values In Cache County, Utah, Marlyn Fife
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
In Utah all water, both on or below the ground surface, is considered public property. The right to use water is obtained by following certain subsiding procedures of appropriation through the office of the State Engineer. Any right to the use of water may be changed to some other beneficial use with the approval of the State Engineer; however, there must be no interference with other rights, unless proper compensation has been made.
Agriculture still uses most of the available water in Utah; However, farmers' needs for water are not exactly the same. When allocation per acre is the same …