Beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure and the limit of all rights to the use of water in this state.
Utah Code § 73-1-3
Beneficial use basis of right to use
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Bonham v. Morgan (1989)
Most recently applied in Arave v. Pineview West Water Company (October 2020)
No Change Since 1953
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Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.