AGENCY: Salt Lake City (Utah). Water Supply and Waterworks

SERIES: 8894
TITLE: Little Cottonwood entitlements reports
DATES: 1982-2015.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological

DESCRIPTION: These reports record the daily flows from Little Cottonwood Creek to establish amounts of water to which users are entitled according to the Morse Decree of April 1914. The total stream flow is used to establish monthly entitlements and water rights for: Sandy City, Midvale, Taylorsville/Bennion, Sandy Ditch, Sandy Wells, Union and Jordan, Cahoon and Maxfield, Walker and Tanner Ditches, and Salt Lake City primary rights. These reports include daily flows of Little Cottonwood Creek, monthly entitlements and water rights by government entity and irrigation company.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 03/1987

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 5 years and then microfilm and destroy provided microfilm has passed inspection.

Microfilm master: Retain in Office permanently.

APPRAISAL

This retention is based upon the administrative needs of the bureau. These reports are important to verify that the waters of Little Cottonwood Creek were distributed according to the Morse Decree.

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