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Council approves Zion Shores conditional use permit, requires evaporation-pond location before pool permit
Summary
The Washington City Council on Sept. 10 approved a conditional use permit for the Zion Shores commercial surf park and associated filtration building, but added a condition requiring the developer to present the location of a one‑acre evaporation/drying pond to the council before the pool (lagoon) building permit is approved.
WASHINGTON — The Washington City Council approved Conditional Use Permit CD-25-07 for the Zion Shores commercial surf park and its filtration facility on Sept. 10, 2025, but required the developer to identify the location of a one‑acre evaporation (drying) pond to the council before the council will approve the pool (lagoon) building permit.
The requirement was added as “Condition 19” to a staff recommendation the council otherwise accepted. Council members said they were satisfied with the project design and technical presentations but remained concerned about where concentrated brine and dewatering pellets from the facility’s water‑treatment system would ultimately be staged or disposed.
At a lengthy staff and applicant presentation, Ian Fife, an engineer with Westech Engineering, described the proposed treatment train for brackish on‑site wells: ultrafiltration (UF) pretreatment, brackish‑water reverse osmosis (BWRO), a second high‑pressure RO…
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