AGENCY: Department of Natural Resources. Division of Water Rights

SERIES: 2401
TITLE: Colorado river water appropriations locations roster
DATES: 1879-1903.
ARRANGEMENT: Filings are chronological by date within each jurisdiction.

DESCRIPTION:

RETENTION

Retain permanently

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical Legal

These records are appraised as permanent because they document the history of water rights and use in the state of Utah. They record a function taken on by government to monitor and regulate water use in the State in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There is also permanent legal value to these records as they help establish and document water right claims in the state of Utah over time.

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