Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 73 > Chapter 31 > Part 4 - Reporting by Water Banks

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Application: means an application submitted to the board to approve a water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Banked water right: means a water right, or a portion of a water right, deposited in a water bank that the state engineer has authorized for use in a water bank through an approved change application. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Board: means the Board of Water Resources. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Borrower: means a person seeking to use a banked water right within a water bank's service area. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Deposit: means depositing a banked water right for use within the service area of a water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Depositor: means a person seeking to deposit a water right in a water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Loaned water rights: means a banked water right that is used pursuant to an approved delivery request. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Reporting year: means November 1 through October 31. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• State engineer: means the state engineer appointed under Section 73-2-1. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Statutory water bank: means a water bank created pursuant to Part 2, Statutory Water Banks. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Water bank: means a contract water bank or a statutory water bank. See Utah Code 73-31-102
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5