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Integrated-plan report recommends water budgets, turf replacement and tiered rates to cut depletion in Great Salt Lake Basin

Board of Water Resources · December 10, 2025
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Summary

Division staff presented a consultant-backed M&I conservation-opportunities report recommending water budgets tied to depletion, focused turf replacement (nonfunctional and tax-exempt turf), allotment-based tiered rates, and regional collaboration to reduce depletion and support the Great Salt Lake Basin integrated plan.

Staff presented the M&I (municipal and industrial) conservation-opportunities component of the Great Salt Lake Basin integrated plan, a consultant report completed in August by Jacobs and Hansen, Allen & Luce.

Shelby Cooley summarized the study’s central findings: develop basin-scale water budgets that balance supply, demand and depletion; pursue landscape conversions…

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