Utah Admin. Code R655-16-5 - Definitions
(1) Terms used in this rule are defined as
follows:
(a) "Application for Apportionment
of Beneficial Use Amounts" means an application requesting that the State
Engineer apportion the Beneficial Uses of a Water Use Group among the
supplemental water rights that make up the Water Use Group.
(b) "Beneficial Use" means the purpose to
which water diverted under a water right is applied and the amount of that
Beneficial Use. Examples include but are not limited to irrigation (amounts
measured in acres); stock watering (amounts measured in numbers of equivalent
livestock units); domestic (indoor residential - amounts measured in numbers of
equivalent domestic units); and commercial, industrial, municipal (amounts
measured in acre-feet).
(c)
"Beneficial Use Amount" means the amount of Beneficial Use a water right
contributes to a Water Use Group that includes the subject water
right.
(d) "Change Application"
means an application for permanent or temporary change of a water right as
defined in Section
73-3-3.
(e) "Declaration of Beneficial Use Amounts"
(Declaration) means either a form provided by the State Engineer, or an
alternative document containing the same information, for use by Water Right
Holders to declare the Beneficial Use Amount of some or all of the individual
water rights in a Water Use Group.
(f) "Party" means only the applicant and
other Water Right Holders within the Water Use Group.
(g) "Proof" means Proof of Beneficial Use for
an appropriation or permanent change as described in Section
73-3-16 or as may be required by
the State Engineer under
73-3-20(2).
(h) "Sole Supply" means the amount of
Beneficial Use allowed under a particular water right when used alone and
separate from all Supplemental Rights. If a water right has been assigned to
more than one Water Use Group, the Sole Supply of the water right is the sum of
its Beneficial Use Amounts.
(i)
"Supplemental Right" means a water right that is used together with one or more
other water rights for a common Beneficial Use.
(j) "Water Right Holder" means the entity,
person, or persons documented as owning a water right in the records of the
State Engineer.
(k) "Water Use
Group" means one or more water rights listed and assigned a unique number in
the records of the State Engineer as being applied to a common Beneficial
Use.
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