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Columbia Interstate Compact (Utah Code: Title 73 Water and Irrigation; Chapter 19)

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

This chapter of the Utah Code adopts the Columbia Interstate Compact entered into among the Columbia River Basin states, namely Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The purposes of this compact with respect to the land and water resources of the Columbia River Basin are: A. To facilitate and promote their orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use, conservation and control for various purposes. B. To further intergovernmental co-operation and comity with respect to these resources and the programs for their use and development by, among other things, (1) Providing for the relationship between certain beneficial uses of water as practicable means of effecting an equitable apportionment thereof, and for means of facilitating and effecting additional interstate agreements with respect thereto, and (2) Providing an interstate body to consider the various common problems with respect to the use and development of these resources and to plan for, review and recommend plans for their development.

Full text
English
Website
le.utah.gov