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Commissioners report state engineer ordered Tropic Reservoir emptied; lawmakers called in to negotiate storage
Summary
A county delegation told commissioners the Utah state engineer ordered Tropic Reservoir emptied; Representative Kevin Stratton stepped in at a state hearing and a July 22 meeting was scheduled between the two irrigation companies and the state engineer to negotiate a replacement for a 1960 informal agreement.
Commissioners reported a near‑crisis over Tropic Reservoir after the state engineer ordered the reservoir emptied and would not allow the gate to be closed until it was “completely empty.”
A commissioner who testified in Salt Lake said Representative Kevin Stratton intervened during a Natural Resources committee hearing, pressing the two irrigation companies toward a verbal agreement to store water and scheduling an…
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