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County adopts new source‑protection rules with narrow exception for pre‑2010 lots
Summary
After public comment and debate, the Utah County Commission adopted version 2 of an ordinance amending County Code chapter 10‑8 to require contaminant‑reducing on‑site wastewater systems in source protection zones while allowing exceptions for pre‑2010 platted lots that meet hydrologic study criteria.
The Utah County Commission adopted an amendment to chapter 10‑8 of the Utah County Code aimed at tightening protections for drinking‑water source zones while creating a limited, study‑based path for a small set of pre‑2010 platted lots.
The ordinance replaces a narrow reference to a specific technology with broader language requiring a “contaminant‑reducing alternative on‑site wastewater system” in high‑risk zones, and it allows a conventional system only where an approved hydrogeologic/septic density study shows nitrate levels meet current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency goals and affected downstream users sign off.
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