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State engineer outlines Hobble Creek distribution system and options to avoid immediate shutoffs
Summary
At a Utah County commission work session, Springville Irrigation and the state engineer described a priority-based Hobble Creek distribution system, a planned river commissioner to enforce priorities, and short-term leniency plus three mechanisms (voluntary agreements, mitigation/exchange and a 'haircut' in change applications) to reduce home shutoffs.
Utah County commissioners heard an informational briefing on Hobble Creek water rights and a proposed distribution system during a work session on the county's agenda. Albert Harmer of the Springville Irrigation Company and Ross Hanson, regional engineer with the state engineer's office, told the board a committee will be established and a river commissioner appointed to administer water by priority.
The state engineer described how the Hobble Creek distribution system would operate on the basis of priority dates. Hanson said the office will administer surface and groundwater conjunctively and shut diversions based on the priority schedule but intends to provide a transition period: "we're not going to come in hard and shut homes off this year," he said, adding the office will ask users to get their water rights in order…
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