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Cooperative stream measurement work in Utah: A part of Chapter 6 of Twenty-third biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1940-1942

Ralf R. Woolley
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As early as 1888 the United States Geological Survey began measuring the discharge of the principal rivers of the Western States, with a view to making a continuous inventory of this resource and its utilization for the greatest public good. Until 1905 this work was done in cooperation with the State through the state engineer’s office. Stream-flow records are fundamental to the distribution of water and the adjudication of water rights – two of the principal duties of the state engineer – and with the continually increasing use of streams, both large and small, the need for more and more stream-flow records is obviously imperative.

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Ralf R. Woolley. 1943. Cooperative stream measurement work in Utah: A part of Chapter 6 of Twenty-third biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1940-1942. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70180154

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