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Kane County backs septic systems for water‑hauling subdivisions
Summary
The Kane County Commission unanimously adopted Resolution R2026‑2 on Jan. 13, 2026, urging local control to allow septic systems for subdivisions that haul water and asking that Grand County be added to the resolution’s recitals ahead of a Jan. 28 public health board review.
The Kane County Commission unanimously adopted a resolution on Jan. 13 expressing support for allowing septic systems in subdivisions that haul water to their lots and affirming the county’s position that water‑hauling should be locally regulated.
Commissioner Celeste Myers, who introduced the resolution, said the move was prompted by a local interpretation of public water systems rules that has restricted septic approvals. "There's a, kind of a hidden sub regulation within the public water systems rule that calls out that if a subdivision has access access to it more than 180 days a year then septic systems will not be granted under any circumstances," Myers said during the meeting, arguing that the interpretation would prevent many remote properties from installing septic systems even when water is hauled from approved sources.
Myers told the commission she and other county representatives had raised the concern with the five‑county Southwest Utah Public Health Board and that the board would revisit the matter at a public meeting on Jan. 28. She requested the resolution be amended to add Grand County to the list of counties cited in the recitals as allowing septic for water‑hauling subdivisions; the commission approved that change before adopting the resolution.
Another commissioner noted the rule had been on the books but only recently enforced more strictly, which could affect property owners in areas such as Cedar Mountain and Deer Springs Ranch who build remote cabins and rely on hauled water. The resolution is intended as a formal county position to inform the public health board discussion and state‑level conversations.
The commission recorded the adoption of Resolution R2026‑2 and closed the matter without further amendment. The public health board is scheduled to revisit the relevant interpretation on Jan. 28, 2026.
Ending: The resolution will be distributed (per the chair’s stated plan) to relevant county contacts and used in the county’s outreach to the public health board prior to the Jan. 28 meeting.
