Commission tables proposed long-term water lease after residents raise water-rights and transparency concerns

At a meeting of the Daggett County Commission, the board voted to table consideration of a proposed lease tied to the Echo Canyon development after multiple public commenters raised questions about the project's water rights, prior enforcement actions and transparency of meeting materials.

Residents and advocates told the commission they feared the development's water supplies were uncertain and that approving a long-term lease could commit the county to a project still embroiled in litigation. John Weise, speaking for Living Rivers, said transfers of water rights to neighboring counties and past unauthorized well use raised red flags and urged the commission to "be very, very cautious." Laura, who identified herself as speaking for Hank Creek Development Watch and Cambridge Development Law, said the King Creek project…