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Preservation, control, and development of water resources, both surface and groundwater, and prevention of pollution.

Amount of liquid water in the snow at the time of observation. Water equivalent of snow.

Management of water (both surface and subsurface) to maintain plant growth, water quality, wildlife habitat, and fire control.

Cycle of evaporation and condensation that controls the distribution of the Earth’s water as it evaporates from bodies of water, condenses, precipitates and returns to those bodies of water.

Water requirements for a particular purpose, such as irrigation, power, municipal supply, plant transpiration, or storage.

See DUTY OF WATER.

Water that is appropriated from sources within the state of Utah and used outside the state.

A deep, narrow pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows.

Artificial transfer (by pipes or canals) of freshwater to one region or subregion from another.

An independent agency of the state of Arizona authorized to finance the construction, rehabilitation and/or improvement of drinking water, wastewater, wastewater reclamation, and other water quality facilities and projects.