Cottonwood Creek Call

Division of Water Resources (DWR) Active Calls. The Call is a term used by the state engineer to effectively communicate the administrative status of the natural stream. The Call communicates the priority required during a specified period of time for a water right located within a specific stream or stream segment to divert under the Prior Appropriation Doctrine. The basic purpose of the Call is to “call out” water rights that are not in priority in order to make water available to the senior water right that is diverting less than its decreed amount of water that it could beneficially use.

水资源分配处（DWR）活跃调用记录。‘调用’一词由州工程师用于有效传达自然溪流的行政状态。调用传达了在特定时间段内，位于特定溪流或溪流段落内的水权在先占用水原则下需要调配的优先级。调用的基本目的是为了‘指明’那些优先级较低的水权，从而确保将水资源分配给那些调配水量少于其被授权的、能够有效利用的水量的资深水权所有者。