Adjudication….

Title 73 Chapter 4

A judicial process whereby water rights are determined or decreed by a court

of law.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 User’s

Claims still need to be completed Should be published this Winter