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Senate approves secondary water metering package with exemptions, citing 20–40% savings
Summary
The Senate passed a substitute to House Bill 242 to expand secondary water metering with targeted exemptions and grants; sponsors cited water‑use savings of 20–40% in some districts and an estimated statewide conservation equivalent of tens of thousands of acre‑feet.
The Utah Senate approved second substitute House Bill 242, directing funding and rules to expand secondary water metering while carving out exemptions for specific groundwater management plans and counties where meters would create an undue financial burden.
Senator McKell and Senator Sandel described the work of a bipartisan work group and said the substitute was designed to avoid duplicative monitoring in…
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