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County considers water-rights disclosure and expert-certification for Hobble Creek as state adjudication advances
Summary
In a work session commissioners reviewed a proposed ordinance that would require a recorded disclosure for all building permits and — within a state-designated Hobble Creek distribution system — an expert statement certifying an applicant's water-right sufficiency; staff and residents warned replacement water in the canyon may be infeasible.
Community development staff and the county attorney briefed commissioners Sept. 1 on a proposed ordinance designed to address risks from a long-running state water-rights adjudication, particularly the Hobble Creek distribution system where the state has signaled it may curtail junior water users.
Under the proposal, every building-permit applicant in unincorporated Utah County would sign and record a disclaimer acknowledging the adjudication and the risk that a water right…
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