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Orem updates general plan to add water and preservation element; council asks for aquifer/herbicide study
Summary
Staff presented a state-mandated water and preservation element that incorporates the 2022 water conservation plan; councilmembers asked staff to add a study goal and potential legislative outreach to investigate herbicide/pesticide impacts on local aquifers.
City planning staff presented a draft update to the general plan adding a Water and Preservation element required by state code. The draft borrows language and policy goals from Orem's previously adopted water conservation plan (presented and adopted in October 2022) and is intended to align land-use policy with water-demand considerations required by the legislature.
Planning lead Reid Price explained the…
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