Parowan Valley Groundwater Management Plan
Revised: October 15, 2024
The State Engineer is working to develop a groundwater management plan in Parowan Valley. During this process,
this web page will be used to share information with Parowan Valley water users. Here we will post information
about the hydrology of Parowan Valley, the current water rights in the area, announcements of public meetings
to be held, the material shared during previous public meetings, comments we receive from Parowan Valley water
users, and other information. Groundwater management plans are created and regulated under
Statute 73-5-15 of Utah state law.
October 15, 2024 - Plan Adoption
August 6, 2024 - Proposed Draft Plan
Collected Hydrology Data
- Current – Groundwater level trends
- 2024/03/19 – Don Roberts, Roberts Legacy LLC Groundwater Levels Measured by Darrin Rhodes - Email correspondence from Don Roberts dated 4/25/2024
- 2023/05/08 – Measured Surface Water Flows in Parowan Valley - Email correspondence from USGS dated 5/8/2023
- 2023/04/13 – Don Roberts, Roberts Legacy LLC Groundwater Levels Measured by Darrin Rhodes - Email correspondence from Don Roberts dated 4/25/2024
- 2017 – USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5033 Water resources of Parowan Valley, Iron County, Utah
- 2017 – USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5072 Groundwater model of the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system version 3.0: Incorporating revisions in southwestern Utah and east central Nevada
- 2013-2015 – Utah Division of Water Rights Well Metering Project
(2013 Summary,
2014 Summary,
2015 Summary)
- 1978 – Technical Publication No. 60 Ground-Water Resources of the Parowan-Cedar City Drainage Basin, Iron County, Utah
- 1946 – Water Supply Paper 993 Geology and ground-water resources of Cedar City and Parowan Valleys, Iron County, Utah
Records of Water Rights by Priority
Public Meetings & Public Comments
During this process we will be holding public meetings to present data and solicit public comment. The development
and adoption of a plan will be a very public process and will require input from the water community. Public comments
can be found on the webpages for the meetings listed below.
Groundwater Management Plan Committee
A group of water users in Parowan Valley have formed a committee to assist in the development of a groundwater management plan.
The committee has asked the State Engineer to post the committee's meeting agendas and minutes to this website. The committee encourages the public to attend
committee meetings.
- Minutes March 7, 2019
- Minutes March 14, 2019
- Minutes April 18, 2019
- Minutes May 16, 2019
- Minutes August 22, 2019
- Minutes October 17, 2019
- Minutes December 17, 2019
- April 27, 2021 Meeting
- October 5, 2021 Meeting
- September 15, 2022 Meeting
- Response to Draft Groundwater Management Plan for Parowan Valley, October 30, 2022
Public Comments
Please submit written comments to:
Utah Division of Water Rights
646 North Main St
P.O. Box 506
Cedar City, UT 84721-0506