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Grantsville council adopts Water Element into General Plan to guide future water management
Summary
The Grantsville City Council adopted Ordinance 2025-35 to add a Water Element to the city’s General Plan, citing Utah Code Ann. §10-9a-403 and the need to integrate water supply, conservation and long-term management into land-use decisions. The ordinance text lists findings and declares the amendment effective immediately on Oct. 1, 2025.
The Grantsville City Council adopted Ordinance 2025-35 to amend the city’s General Plan by adding a Water Element that integrates supply, conservation and water-resource management into land-use planning. The ordinance cites Utah Code Ann. §10-9a-403 as the statutory basis for requiring a water element.
The ordinance text, included in the meeting packet, says the Water Element will establish policies for conservation, long-term management of water resources and help the city meet state grant obligations with the Division of Water Resources. The ordinance states it was adopted and passed by the council on Oct. 1, 2025, and is effective immediately upon passage.
The Water Element builds on work already in the General Plan and the city’s adopted Water Conservation Plan. The plan documents in the packet describe Grantsville’s drinking-water system capacity (six wells with combined pumping capacity listed in plan documents), existing storage tanks and a planned new two-million-gallon tank to increase storage. The appendix material included statutory guidance, regional conservation goals, and an inventory of water-right holdings and supply planning assumptions.
The ordinance does not list the council vote total in the published packet text. The ordinance document attaches the Water Element as Exhibit A and includes implementing language directing the General Plan update be used as the official water resource management component.
City staff and the packet materials note the Water Element responds to state law changes requiring municipalities to address water in planning, and the document includes recommended actions such as ongoing consultation with the Division of Water Resources, the Division of Drinking Water, and local water providers, tightening landscape and irrigation standards, and pursuing demand-reduction strategies including a target per-capita goal stated in the Water Conservation Plan.
The adoption places the Water Element in the formal policy framework that will guide future zoning, capital projects and development approvals where assurances about water supply and conservation will be relevant.
