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Show New Publication On Water Laws Issued By Engineer Pamphlet Covers New Regulations Regu-lations on Important Change asRevised in State Statute All of the Utah State statutes relating to water and irrigation i-ave been ocm,dled and indexed in a convenient form by T. H. Hum-tmerys, Hum-tmerys, State Engineer. The extensive exten-sive alr.ienctaients enacted, by toe 1935, 1937, and 1939 Legislatures are thus made readily accessible to lay-i.r.ien lay-i.r.ien as well as to engineer and lawyers. law-yers. The following are a feMl cf the ill Iportant changes in the law made siiKe the revision of the statutes in 1933, which are included in the 'pa.r.phlet: 1. All underground water was declared de-clared to be the property of the public, subject to existing rights to wi use thereof. 2. . T.:e State Engineer has been charged with tne duty cf adrninis-'ieiung adrninis-'ieiung underground waters, as well -s surface waiters. 3. All well owners are new required re-quired to file statements of claims .to underground w-aters to avoid a presumption of abandonment. 4. Extensions of the five-year ipariod of non-use of Rater may new ua granted by the State Engineer. 5. Statutory procedure for a change of point of idivers.on, place, Una: puipose cf Use was declared to -a exclusive. 6. Weil drillers must obtain annual an-nual permits tram tne State jaigm- eer. 7. Appropriate provisions were ad-aed ad-aed to prevent We acquisition of ater rights by adveise possession. 8. The State Engineer is au.uhor--zed to consider t.ie rj..ysiij-l aa eaonuxioul feasibility of proposed ij-ojeots for the use of water. 9. Reservjir or oain Liners are required to repore to the State Engineer Eng-ineer the njjr.es, locations, capa.-iuU-s or reservoirs, and height of Jam. ine pai.r.iphlet also contains reference re-ference to and excerpts from, such speciel atatutes as tnse auuioriiiiii a:e creenion of drainage, irrigation, .-aid .rr.fetropoLtan waiter districts. It also refers to flood centrol particularly parti-cularly pointing to the lai1 whereby iiood conditoins sueih as tliese on J. e Jordan river in Salt Lake City und cn t.ie Sevier river near Red-.rrJond Red-.rrJond can be met by the creation of i-i-tcj-coiitrol oistriots by the county jomrdssioners in the countiees affected, af-fected, under Vv'-iCse jurisdiction .....ess things come. v Tne statutes compnled in this pamphlet are taken lromi at least six seperate statute bocks. This is -he a.ost complete compilation of the water laws of Utah available, i'he boeklet -Aill, no doubt, be of reat vame to the courts, to tfne attorneys, to the engineers, to the prospective appropriators of water, and to water users generally. |