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State bills tighten water-rights rules and boost funding access for local projects
Summary
Utah water-rights and policy changes passed this session include clarifications for lapsed applications, new rules for public‑land watering claims (PWR 107), expanded funding for agricultural optimization projects and investments in a Water Right Network that state officials say could help Emery County prioritize projects for legislative funding.
Cash Stallings, regional engineer with the Utah Division of Water Rights, told the Emery County Public Lands Council that multiple bills passed this session will affect local water management and funding. “So this is house bill 41. They call, state water policy amendments,” Stallings said, adding that the bill emphasizes groundwater quality monitoring and promotes the state water plan.
Stallings urged local users to bring water projects to county and watershed councils so they can be included in the state water plan and receive priority for legislative funding. He described amendments clarifying the…
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