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House approves water-rights changes to allow groundwater recharge; SB20 passes unanimously
Summary
Senate Bill 20, sponsored in the House by Representative Vickers, clarifies that groundwater recharge may be a legitimate use of water and authorizes the state engineer to identify groundwater rights for potential purchase in over-appropriated basins (e.g., Escalante Valley); the House passed SB20 69–0.
The Utah House on Feb. 2 approved Senate Bill 20, a measure intended to address over-appropriation in some groundwater basins by recognizing groundwater recharge as a legitimate use and authorizing steps to identify and, at later times, buy back water rights where needed.
Representative Vickers, the House sponsor, described the bill as a follow-up to prior legislation and said it…
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