Little Cottonwood Water Co. v. Sandy City

WADE, Justice.

An appeal from the decision of the State Engineer and the District Court approving the joint application of Sandy and Midvale cities to appropriate 1 cubic foot per second of underground water. Respondents propose to pump water from two wells near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Can yon and thereby increase the water available for use from the surface flow of Little Cottonwood Creek which increase they propose to appropriate for domestic use. The appellants, Salt Lake City and Little Cottonwood Water Company claim that the evidence conclusively shows that such pumping merely…