Water, always a hot topic in Utah, becomes a conduit for new access to streams through private property - Wasatch Environmental Update for Sept 7, 2008 SALT LAKE CITY, UT (krcl) - The Utah Supreme Court recently ruled that public ownership of water carries the right to walk the streambeds, even when the water crosses private land. Private land owners are shocked. Fishers and hunters are overjoyed. © Copyright 2009, krcl