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Cedar City weighs new test wells after Rush Lake deal stalls
Summary
City staff presented new candidate well sites near Rush Lake and Braffitts Creek and asked the council to authorize bids to test and develop wells using funds set aside for Rush Lake water acquisition; council asked staff to return next week with a plan for bids and funding options.
Cedar City officials on Aug. 20 debated where to drill next after a proposed Rush Lake purchase stalled.
Jonathan Stath of the city engineering department described multiple new locations the city’s consultants ranked for test wells — including three sites along Braffitts Creek and a favored private parcel identified as “2.1,” which consultant Mervyn Cox placed highest. Stath said most candidate sites sit on Bureau of Land Management land; one (2.1) is private and would require an easement or land purchase from the…
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