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Utah County reviews proposed drinking-water source protection changes amid heated public comments from Covered Bridge Canyon
Summary
County staff outlined a draft amendment to Utah County Code 10-8 to clarify definitions, rely on state mapping, and require enhanced wastewater systems in some Zone 2 areas. Dozens of residents and state officials urged different fixes — from honoring pre‑2010 grandfathering to tightening protections — during a lengthy work session; no final action was taken.
Utah County commissioners held a work session to review a proposed amendment to Utah County Code 10-8 that would change how the county protects drinking-water sources and how it treats certain wastewater systems in source-protection zones. Ben van Noy of the county attorney’s office, who drafted the revision with staff and public input, told the commission that the session was for gathering input and not for a final vote.
The draft trims or clarifies several definitions, removes the county’s responsibility to maintain its own source-protection maps (instead relying on the state’s technical map), and proposes that in Zone 2 areas where wells or springs could be affected the county require alternative, controlled wastewater systems rather than conventional septic systems. Van Noy said the changes are intended to “get people more options to build, all the while protecting drinking source protections.”
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