WATER RIGHT CHANGE APPLICATION by Kane Creek Preservation and Development, LLC
March 01, 2024NEW INFORMATION
- May 29, 2024 - Document and photos by Enforcement Engineer of Utah Division of Water Rights and regarding the water right violation by KCPD.
- May 21, 2024 - Response from Kane Creek Preservation and Development LLC, in regards to illegal action: deliberately pumping groundwater without an approved water right. KCPD's response to this violation. Attorney at the law firm of Smith Hartvigsen.
- May 13, 2024 - Acknowledgement of citizen complaint about this water right violation: Acknowledgement letter from Utah Division of Water Rights / Enforcement Referral.
NOTICE TO WATER USERS
Thursday, February 29, 2024; Moab Times-Independent
Change application for Kane Creek Springs Improvement District.
Protest and request for hearing is due on March 27, 2024.
- Click here to submit your: 1) comment; 2) upload a letter and supporting documents; 3) and to pay the $15 filing fee.
The applications below were filed with the Division of Water Rights in Grand County. These are informal proceedings per Rule 655-6-2. Protests concerning an application must be legibly written or typed, contain the name and mailing address of the protesting party, STATE THE APPLICATION NUMBER PROTESTED, CITE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST, and REQUEST A HEARING, if desired.
Also, A $15 FEE MUST BE INCLUDED FOR EACH APPLICATION PROTESTED. Protests must be filed with the Division of Water Rights on or before Mar. 27, 2024 either electronically using the Division's on-line Protest of Application form, by hand delivery to a Division office, or by mail at PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300.
Please visit waterrights.utah.gov or call (801)538-7240 for additional information.
- Change Application (s) for Water right: 05-290 (a51289): Kane Creek Preservation and Development, LLC, Kane Springs Improvement District, Kane Springs Water Company, LLC propose(s) using 1.86 cfs OR 422.68748 ac-ft. from groundwater (3 miles Southwest of Moab) for MUNICIPAL: In Kane Springs Water Company, LLC.
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NEWS
- April 9, 2024 - Kane Creek protests say developers water rights should be nullified. By Sophia Fisher for Moab Times-Independent.
- April 1, 2024 - Four organizations protest Kane Creek water application. By Sophia Fisher for Moab Times-Independent.
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WATER RIGHTS AT KING'S BOTTOM
Utah Division of Water Rights; (UDWRi or "State Engineer")
- Citizens may file protest applications HERE
- Link to water right queries at website of UDWRi are HERE
Batch One
1.a. 05-2450
1.b. 05-644
1.c. 05-290
2.a. 05-1990
2.b. 05-1296
2.c. 05-1295
1962 - chicken farm / dairy farm.
1992 - Drilling log at zero to 10 feet: river mobilized alluvium.
1992 - Drilling log at 10 to 360 feet: bedrock (Glen Canyon Group).
1992 - Output is 20 - 25 gallons per minute.
2002 - Private campground; bathroom & shower building.
2020 - Water rights transfered to KCPD, LLC in 2020.
2024 - Change Applications were filed in January. Citizens may file a protest application HERE
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