2006 Utah Code - 40-10-29 — Other enforcement and protection rights unaffected -- Operator to replace adversely affected water supply of legitimate users.

     40-10-29.   Other enforcement and protection rights unaffected -- Operator to replace adversely affected water supply of legitimate users.
     (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his interest in water resources affected by a surface coal mining operation.
     (2) The operator of a surface coal mine shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source where this supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the surface coal mine operation.

Enacted by Chapter 145, 1979 General Session