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Utah planners shown two methods to build required water budgets
Summary
A Utah Division of Water Resources presentation described two data-driven methods — a billing- and provider-coordination approach and an ERU/duty-value approach — that counties and most cities can use to prepare water use and preservation elements required by state law.
A presenter from the Utah Division of Water Resources outlined two methods planners can use to develop a water budget required by state law, describing steps to assess growth, reliable supply and current and future demand.
The presenter said the requirement stems from "SB 1 10 and 76," and that a water budget "is a comprehensive planning tool used to assess and project the hydrologic costs and demands associated with land use." The presentation described a provider-coordination method that uses water billing and provider data and a second method that uses equivalent residential units (ERUs) and irrigation duty values to estimate demand.
The presentation framed the water budget as a comparison between reliable supply and total current and projected demand. The presenter said planners should first "understand how your city or county is growing" and determine…
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