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Amended Bear River Compact (Utah Code: Title 73 Water and Irrigation; Chapter 16)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Utah
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
River basin institution Sub-national agreement Surface water Freshwater resources management Inland waters Water abstraction
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Utah Code adopts the Amended Bear River Compact entered into by the states of Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. It provides that the major purposes of this Compact are to remove the causes of present and future controversy over the distribution and use of the waters of the Bear River; to provide for efficient use of water for multiple purposes; to permit additional development of the water resources of Bear River; to promote interstate comity; and to accomplish an equitable apportionment of the waters of the Bear River among the compacting States.

Full text
English
Website
le.utah.gov