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Santaquin council hears state water fee details; city to add water element to general plan
Summary
City staff outlined a new state-imposed water-user fee, estimated rates and timing, and a separate, grant-funded update to the city general plan’s water element ahead of a public hearing.
Santaquin — City staff told the Santaquin City Council on Sept. 2 that a state law passed this year will create a new water-user fee for municipal drinking water and that the city is preparing a grant-funded update to the general plan’s water element.
The council heard that the new fee, enacted in Senate Bill 80 this year, will be assessed on culinary water usage and could have cost the city about $13,000 for calendar year 2024 if it had been in effect then. The staff estimate for the fee is roughly 3.1 to 3.3 cents per 1,000 gallons, to be applied to usage in 2026 and billed the following July.
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