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H.B. 11 - Water Efficient Landscaping Requirements Prohibits local government entities, school districts, and highway authorities within the Great Salt Lake basin from using overhead spray irrigation, except for in “active recreation areas,” such as sports fields, parks, amphitheaters, or other social gathering areas. Passed in House and Senate Signed by Governor Cox on 3/12/24
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H.B. 448 - State Water Program Reporting Requirements Requires the Division of Water Resources to collaborate with state agencies to quantify and monitor state legislative water optimization efforts including water banking, and annually report its findings, including recommendations for changes to state legislative water-optimization efforts that did not lead to intended water conservation. Passed in House; Not considered in Senate Committee
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H.B. 453 - Great Salt Lake Revisions Imposes a fluctuating severance tax on companies that operate mineral extraction industries from brines in the Great Salt Lake, and requires the State Engineer to impose a “distribution management plan” that provides for the apportionment and distribution of Great Salt Lake water rights while also considering the strategic plan adopted by the Great Salt Lake Commissioner. Passed in House and Senate
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Directs the Divisions of Water Resources and Water Rights to study the creation of a centralized database and center for all Utah water data, specifying collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Food, Department of Environmental Quality, and the Division of Technological Services in completing the study, the creation of which would help monitor water use and availability across the state. Passed in House; Not considered in Senate Committee
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S.B. 196 - Great Salt Lake Amendments Directs the Great Salt Lake Commissioner to develop a plan for “wet water years” to provide guidance for a coordinated effort to optimize the amount of water that makes it into the Great Salt Lake during or following a wet water year. Failed to pass in Senate
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H.B. 188 - Golf Related Water Modifications Requires golf courses and driving ranges to report water use, information that will be posted online, and requires a study of water use by golf courses and driving ranges. Failed in House Committee
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H.B. 217 - School Energy and Water Reductions Uses federal funds to issue grants to schools to reduce energy and water usage. Passed in House and Senate
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H.B. 272 - Water Efficient Landscaping Amendments Restricts local government entities on the amount of turf or lawns they can use at government buildings. Passed in House; Failed in Senate
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Creates a new statewide nonprofit to “facilitate coordination to optimize the use of water” among the public, business, government, and agriculture. Passed in House and Senate
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H.B. 450 - Landscaping Requirements Prohibits home owners associations from requiring property owners to have more than 50% vegetative coverage that is not water wise landscaping on their property. Passed in House and Senate
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H.B. 538 - Water Usage Amendments Bans outdoor watering of lawns from October 1 through April 25 and requires the Division of Water Resources to calculate how much water was saved. Passed in House; Failed in Senate
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S.B. 118 - Water Efficient Landscaping Incentives Provides $3,000,000 in grants to water conservancy districts for incentives to homeowners to remove lawn or truf in a landscaping conversion incentive program. Passed in Senate and House
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S.B. 34 - Water Infrastructure Funding Study Directs the Department of Natural Resources to study the use of property tax revenue to fund water infrastructure, treatment, and delivery, and make recommendations for future funding. Passed in Senate and House
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H.B. 115 - Water Distribution Efficiency Requires water providers and water conservancy districts to establish standards of acceptable levels of water loss and deal with excessive levels of water loss.
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H.B. 121 - Water Conservation Modifications Requires existing state buildings to reduce outdoor water use and prohibits new state buildings from having more than 20% of landscaping be lawn or turf.
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H.B. 242 - Secondary Water Metering Amendments Requires the installation and use of meters on all secondary water connections by January 1, 2030, except for existing connections within smaller counties, and provides penalties for noncompliance, including holding back funding for water projects. Also creates a grant program using ARPA funding to help install secondary water meters.
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S.B. 110 - Water as Part of General Plan Requires municipal and county general plans to have water use and preservation elements.
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S.B. 73 - Flow Rates or Quantity for Plumbing Fixtures Modifies the residential and plumbing code to address maximum flow rates or quantity for certain plumbing fixtures or fixture fittings.
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H.B. 328 - Division of Water Resources Study Update Requires the Division of Water Resources to update a study on diverting the Green River to bring more water to the Wasatch Front.
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