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Show 40 Three separate arenas of activity will be identified: ( 1) Administration, which by 1903 was a framework allowing the state's appointed officials to exert control over appropriation and distribution of water resources; ( 2) Development, whereby state officials and agencies participated in planning, building, and marketing water projects through both direct and indirect methods, and ( 3) Institutions, established by the legislature that allowed water users to group together for the purpose of solving common problems and financing water resource development. Throughout this analysis it is important to remember that state actions were strongly motivated by the need to develop a system of viable water institutions which would allow citizens to proceed with the work of reclaiming Utah's arid lands and putting the water resources to work. |
