Adjudication

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Adjudication.

• Title 73 Chapter 4
• A judicial process whereby water rights are
  determined or decreed by a court of law.

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Great Salt Lake Adjudication

• Requested by Water Users February 25, 1964
• Petition by State Engineer June 3, 1965
• Four Proposed Determination Books have been
  published
• One is currently being complied

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Tooele Valley Portion of the Great Salt Lake
Adjudication

• Four Proposed Determination Books
• 15-1 Rush Valley
• 15-2 Grantsville
• 15-3 Erda / Lake Point
• 15-4 Tooele City

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15-1 Rush Valley

• Proposed Determination Book was published August
  10, 1973
• Five objections were filed
• Next step Work to publish an addendum to
  address outstanding issues and pursue a temporary
  decree on the water rights within this book area.

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15-2 Grantsville

• Proposed Determination Book was published
  November 1, 1985
• Contains over 1,000 water rights twelve
  objections were filed
• Addendum was published May 28, 1998
• Temporary Decree was issued March 5, 2001
• Next step Include rights in a final decree for
  the Great Salt Lake Adjudication.

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15-3 Erda / Lake Point

• Proposed Determination Book was published
  December 22, 1989
• Containing nearly 900 rights - four objections
  were filed.
• First Addendum was published May 18, 2005 -
  twelve objections were filed.
• Second Addendum was published June 16, 2006 -
  two objections were filed
• Next step Work to address outstanding issues
  and pursue a temporary decree on the water rights
  within this book area.

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15-4 Tooele City

• Currently working to publish a Proposed
  Determination Book
• Contains approximately 128 water rights
• Fieldwork has mostly been completed
• Approximately twenty Water Users Claims still
  need to be completed
• Should be published this Winter