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Senate approves water-conservation bill creating water-banking and monetization options for agricultural users
Summary
Second Substitute Senate Bill 277, aimed at allowing agricultural water users to monetize saved water via a state-engineered 'coloring' and water-banking mechanism and requiring a 50% local match, passed the Senate under suspension of the rules (26–0, 3 absent).
The Utah Senate on Feb. 28 passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 277, a measure the sponsor described as a step toward allowing agricultural water users to conserve and monetize saved water.
Sponsor Senator Bridal (presenting the water conservation and augmentation amendments) told the Senate the bill creates a framework whereby water saved through conservation can be tagged — in the bill’s…
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