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House panel backs HB 296 to let water suppliers include Great Salt Lake commitments in conservation plans
Summary
HB 296 would allow retail water suppliers and conservancy districts to record commitments of water to the Great Salt Lake within their required conservation plans, a change sponsors say improves transparency and could spur more aggressive conservation and reuse planning.
Representative Nguyen introduced HB 296, which would permit water suppliers to include commitments of water destined for the Great Salt Lake as part of their mandatory water conservation plans under Utah Code 73-10-32. Laura Briefer, director of Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities, told the committee the change would make water suppliers' commitments to…
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