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Senate approves groundwater and water‑coordination measures, adds study on provider coordination
Summary
The Utah Senate substituted and advanced SB 53 to clarify artificial groundwater recharge as a beneficial use and substituted SB 76 to add a study on coordination among water providers; sponsors clarified recharge will not change existing water rights in the examples discussed.
The Utah Senate addressed two water-related items Jan. 22, advancing a statutory clarification on groundwater recharge and adding a study of inter-provider coordination to a broader water package.
Senator Vickers presented a first substitute for Senate Bill 53 (Groundwater Use Amendments). He said the substitute restores language previously struck and would allow certain entities that are not formal conservancy districts to pursue artificial groundwater recharge as a recognized beneficial use under the oversight of the state engineer…
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