{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-23a-9-301","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 23A-9-301","heading":"Diversion of water prohibited -- Exception for flood control.","body":"(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person may not, without existing rights, divert so much water from a natural stream, lake, pond, or natural lake or pond, the natural storage content of which has been increased by the construction of a dam, that the diversion unduly endangers protected aquatic wildlife.\n(2) A person may divert waters in a manner that would otherwise violate Subsection (1) in anticipation of and to provide for the carrying away and the safe disposal of natural storm and flood waters.","path":["Title 23A Wildlife Resources Act","Chapter 23A-9 Aquatic Wildlife","Part 23A-9-3 Prohibitions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title23A/Chapter9/23A-9-S301.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"5d1ef391ff400b836861aa3f36865b428521b17f7040c448375a32a6cf1f1849","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-23a-9-204","next":"us-ut/utah-code-23a-9-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}