AREA 18 - SNAKE VALLEY

Updated: April 3, 2011

  MANAGEMENT

No Proposed Determination of Water Rights books have been published for this area, nor are there are any state-administered distribution systems. Click here to see statistics for this area. Click here to see a list of Utah water rights in Snake Valley which are junior to SNWA filings.

  SOURCES

Surface Water - Surface waters are open to appropriation if unappropriated sources with adequate supply and quality can be found. Most known sources of useable size have been appropriated.

Ground Water - Ground water is open to appropriation. New filings are reviewed on their individual merits with emphasis on the potential for interference with existing rights. Suitable quality may be a problem in some areas.

  GENERAL

Applications are advertised in the Tooele Transcript, Millard County Chronicle, or the Nephi Times-News. Filings that may involve the diversion of water in Utah for use in Nevada (export) would be subject to the special criteria the statutes require for such projects. The general irrigation diversion duty for this area, which the State Engineer uses for evaluation purposes, is generally 4.0 acre-feet per acre per year. The consumptive use requirement is determined from the publication Consumptive Use of Irrigated Crops in Utah, Research Report 145, Utah State University, 1994, unless the applicant submits other data for consideration. This area is administered by the Weber River Regional Office in Salt Lake City.

Other requirements

The Water Right applicant is strongly cautioned that other permits may be required before any physical development of a project can begin and it is the responsibility of the applicant to determine the applicability of and acquisition of such permits. In order to avoid delays and ensure that Water Right approvals conform to applicable local ordinances, applicants should contact local governmental entities in advance to determine what ordinances are in place that affect the proposed project and to make sure that Water Right filings conform to those ordinances. The approval of a Water Right application does not imply any approval of a project by any other governmental entity. Approval of the project proposed in the Water Right application should be obtained from local governmental entities as necessary to implement a project.

  REFERENCES

Technical Publication No. 14, Water-Resources Appraisal of the Snake Valley Area, Utah and Nevada; Utah State Engineer; 1965.

Technical Publication No. 56, Hydrologic Reconnaissance of the Tule Valley Drainage Area, Juab and Millard Counties, Utah; Utah Department of Natural Resources; 1977.

Technical Publication No. 59, Hydrologic Reconnaissance of the Fish Springs Flat Area, Tooele, Juab, and Millard Counties, Utah; Utah Department of Natural Resources; 1978.

Technical Publication No. 71, Hydrologic Reconnaissance of the Southern Great Salt Lake Desert and a Summary of the Hydrology of West-Central Utah; Utah Department of Natural Resources; 1981.

Basic Data Report No. 43, Selected Test-Well Data from the MX-Missile Siting Study, Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, and Iron Counties, Utah; Utah Department of Natural Resources; 1985.

Water-Resources Investigative Report 95-4173, Simulated Effects of Proposed Ground-Water Pumping in 17 Basins in East-Central and Southern Nevada; U.S. Geological Survey; 1995 (viewing this document requires the DjVu browser plugin available from LizardTech)

  MODELING

Regional Ground-Water Flow, Carbonate-Rock Province, Nevada, Utah, and Adjacent States; USGS Open-File Reports 93-170 and 93-420; 1993.

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