Water Rights Website (Toolshed Tour) RWUA Water Rights Workshop April 29, 2008

Water Rights Website

(Toolshed Tour)

RWUA Water Rights Workshop April 29, 2008 Boydclayton@utah.gov

http://waterrights.utah.gov

Website Objective

     73-2-11.   Records -- Certified copies -- Evidence.     He shall keep on file in his office full and proper records of his work, including all field notes, computations and facts made or collected by him, all of which shall be part of the records of his office and the property of the state. All records, maps and papers recorded or filed in the office of the state engineer shall be open to the public during business hours. The office of the state engineer is hereby declared to be an office of public record…

Website Design Philosophy

• Access by All to All• Minimize Additional Software• No Charge for Service• Same Interface Used by Staff

Preferred User Environment

• WWW Browser (MS Internet Explorer)*• High Speed Internet Service• Adobe Acrobat Viewer (PDF)• Tiff Viewer (fax / image)• MP3 Player (media player) • Java VM (map server)• Javascript Capability

Inhibitors/Browser Issues

• Popup Window Blockers• Tiff Image Viewers (Quicktime …)• Java Support (Mapserver)• Javascript Security

Website Main Page

Policies Information

Operating Directives

• Statute (UCA Title 73)• Administrative Rules (R655)• GW Management Plans• Policies

Notice Services

• Water Right Applications• Stream Alteration Applications• Hearings• Public Meetings• Email Notification• Current Issues• Contaminant Zone Management

Electronic Notification

Electronic Notification Email

Application Forms

Water Right Information

Supplemental Groups

• 05-1• 05-1,05-2• 05-2• 05-2,05-3• 05-2,05-4• 05-3• 05-3,05-4• 05-5• 05-2,05-3,05-4

Water Right Listing for Groups

Sole Supply Form

Mail Log

Electronic Change of Address

Nonuse or Extension Application

Scanned Documents

• Use multiple formats depending on content– Tiff (single color historical text documents)– PDF (reports or content viewed together)– JPG (Photos)– MP3 (hearing voice recordings)

• New documents appended to end• Ordered newest to oldest• Separated with Scan History sheets

Scanned Documents Features

Accessing Water Right Records

• Multiple Methods to SearchProduce short lists (query results)Link to master listing of water rightPaper record is the official record

Water Right Query Tools

Query Lists

Adjudication Information

Use Calculation Tools

Calculator Tools

• Location Calculator• Appropriation Calculator• Flow Calculator• Use Calculator

MapServer

Mapserver Base Layers

Digitizing Tool

POD Tool (Plat Mapserver)

WRPOU Mapserver

Other Good Stuff

• Publications• Well Monitoring Data• Public Water Supplier Data• Diversion Records / Realtime Data• Regulation

Questions?