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Cottonwood Heights faces state deadline for water element as residents raise high-bill concerns
Summary
The planning session advanced a water-use chapter the city must adopt to meet a state deadline; council members pressed staff for city-specific consumption data after residents reported sharply higher bills under state tiered rates.
Cottonwood Heights staff told council on Dec. 16 that the city must adopt a water-use element this year to satisfy state grant requirements, prompting detailed discussion about the city’s role, data gaps and resident concern over rising utility bills.
Speaker 3 said the draft water chapter — prepared with state grant assistance — will be on the planning commission agenda and must be adopted to meet the state deadline. The staff presentation described the chapter’s focus on conservation education, water-wise landscaping and short-, medium- and long-range actions, noting the city does not itself…
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