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Buena Vista adopts ordinance prohibiting graywater systems pending technical review
Summary
Trustees passed Ordinance 16 to prohibit local installation of graywater systems while staff completes technical accounting, engineering and regulatory review with county and state authorities. Board members cited water-rights accounting, engineering uncertainty and public-health rules (Regulation 86) as reasons to opt out for now.
The Board of Trustees on Wednesday passed Ordinance 16 prohibiting the installation of on-site graywater treatment works in town while staff finishes engineering and water-rights accounting necessary to allow reuse under state and county requirements.
Staff said the town has prepared an opt-out ordinance rather than a permissive code update because key technical issues remain: water-rights accounting…
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