Administration is the action taken by the State Engineer’s Office when there is not enough water physically available to meet the demands of all water rights holders within a river basin. Through the process of administration, senior water rights are satisfied by shutting off water supplies to junior water rights, beginning with the most recent priority dates and moving back chronologically, until the all the supply of water available for diversion is expended.
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