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Show VI III. NEW STEPS TO DEFINE THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF WATER, 1870 THROUGH 1895 23 Introduction . 23 Scientific Definitions 24 The Role of Cities 26 Changing Conceptions of the Role of Water and the Law of 1880 30 Private Water Companies: Utah's Water Administration Experiment 32 The Mutual Irrigation Company 33 The Speculative Corporation as a Water Company 34 PART II DEVELOPMENTS IN WATER ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT, 1890 THROUGH 1947 37 IV. THE FORCES OF CHANGE 37 V. THE BEGINNINGS OF STATE INVOLVEMENT, 1894 THROUGH 1906 41 The Necessity of Changing Basic Water Institutions 41 Identifying a Role and Establishing a Water Management Policy 41 The Utah State Board of Land Commissioners 45 The Office of The State Engineer 48 The Arid Land Reclamation Fund Commission 51 The Role of Other State Officials 52 Urban and Industrial Considerations 52 Conclusion 54 VI. WATER: INSTITUTIONS, MANAGEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT, 1906 THROUGH 1921 55 Introduction 55 Refining the State's Water Management Institutions 57 The Utah State Conservation Commission 57 Drainage Districts 58 Irrigation Districts 59 Increased Development Activity 60 The State as the Total Developer 60 The Hatchtown Project 61 The Piute Project 63 The Reservoir Land Grant Fund 64 The Legislature's Response 65 Joint Projects and State Activities 66 Private Efforts and State Funding 69 Effects of the 1906 to 1921 Period on Water Policy 71 |