Southeast Utah Workshops, Public Meetings and Water Rights Hearings

Price, Green River and Moab - September 29 - 30, 2009

Revised: Dceember 9, 2009

A series of public information meetings hosted by the Division of Water Rights - South Eastern Regional Office, were held to discuss current Water Right issues in the region. Among the issues discussed were a review of current State and Regional policy, process and legislative changes such as Proof Affidavits, Non-Use, livestock watering, as well as the Colorado River and Endangered Fish policy, Irrigation Duty policy, Appropriation policy in the Mill Creek and Willow basin drainages, Federal Reserved Water Rights for Arches N.P. and a Utah Geological Survey presentation on the Hydrogeology of the Moab-Spanish Valley.

The following information is available from the meeting:

• Announcement of Meetings
  
• Flyer
  
• Green River Meeting Agenda
  
• Price Meeting Agenda
  
• Moab Meeting Agenda
  
• The Hydrogeology of Moab-Spanish Valley, Southeastern Utah, With Emphasis on Maps for Water-Resource Management and Land-Use Planning by Mike Lowe, Janae Wallace, Stefan Kirby and Charles Bishop
  
• Subordination PowerPoint by Jana Mohrman
  
• Upper Colorado River Basin Current Policy and Issues
  
• Water Rights and Endagered Fish Finding Solutions For Flows
  
• Water Right Currents
  
• Water Rights Overview
  
• Support for H.R. 2288 Gary R. Herbert, Governor
  
• The Nature Conservancy and Western Resources Advocates comments on Proposed Endangered Fish Flow Protection Policy for the Green River, Dec. 1, 2009
  

NOTE: Documents may be of many types including scanned papers, photos, sound recordings, and full motion video. External or plug-in viewers may be required to access the document information.