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Santaquin council hears multi-year water-right adjudication update as regional projects advance
Summary
City leaders were warned about a countywide water-right adjudication process coming to the south end of Utah County that could require landowners to ‘prove up’ rights every seven years; staff stressed municipalities have protections via 40-year plans and flagged the Strawberry Valley/CUP project changes and potential impacts on local capacity.
City leaders in Santaquin spent a substantial portion of their meeting reviewing regional water-right adjudication and related projects, as presenters described a multi-year process that will require many landowners to prove their water rights and that could affect local planning and infrastructure.
Councilmember Art summarized a presentation from the Division of Water Rights and said the adjudication on the south end of Utah County follows an earlier northern-county process. The adjudication will proceed by subdivision and will issue summons to landowners and water-right holders; staff emphasized that a holder must show ongoing use to avoid…
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