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Senate unanimously backs study of water banking to explore voluntary transfers and pilots
Summary
The Utah Senate unanimously approved a resolution to study water banking, driven by a two-year stakeholder process; the study will examine voluntary, temporary transfers and pilot programs intended to minimize agricultural buy-and-dry while protecting existing water rights.
The Utah Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed Senate Joint Resolution 1, establishing a study of water banking to consider voluntary, temporary transfers of water rights and pilot programs in priority basins.
Senator Iwamoto, who sponsored the resolution, told senators the study grew from an in-stream flow effort in 2017 and has developed into a 55-member stakeholder group that has met routinely over the last two years. "It will be locally driven with…
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