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South Ogden reviews state-required water-use preservation element and updated conservation plan
Summary
City staff told the council the state-required water-use and preservation element aims to align Ogden’s future land-use map with water supply and conservation, highlighting goals for indoor/outdoor reduction, metering by 2030 and capital priorities such as leak detection and pressure management.
Delaney Sillman and Logan Simpson, city planning staff, opened the work-session presentation by saying the water use and preservation element is mandated by the state and must be adopted before the end of the year. "This is the water use preservation element that's required by the state," a presenter said, explaining the element ties the future land-use map to expected water demand and service-provider plans.
The presentation summarized the element’s structure: an inventory of current supplies, a water budget weighing supply against projected demand, conservation strategies for existing development, and policies to align future growth with water availability. Staff noted Ogden’s "true" gallons-per-capita-per-day is about 184 (excluding wholesale areas) and that a planning projection tied to the future land-use map yields roughly 190 gpcd under the current assumptions. They estimated a future city-wide demand of about 21,700,000 gallons per…
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