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Nonuse of water does not negate the right to use
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1982.tb04969.x
Subject(s) - decree , supreme court , water right , law , political science , water resources , ecology , biology
The right of an individual to use water under a 1921 decree was presumed to persist until someone successfully defeated it for some better reason than the alleged lack of evidence that the individual ever exercised his right during the nonirrigation season, according to the Supreme Court of Utah.