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Council backs study to expand partial effluent reuse system, weighing full citywide option

Cedar City Council · October 22, 2025
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Summary

City engineers told the council a budgeted study will evaluate using Type 1 effluent for irrigation and infrastructure needs; staff recommended a staged, partial 'backbone' expansion serving large customers rather than a full citywide system, and council generally supported that approach while asking staff to evaluate storage and industrial/port‑area uses.

Jonathan Stout of the City Engineering Department presented a council‑budgeted study to evaluate reuse of Type 1 effluent and the infrastructure required to deliver it across Cedar City.

Stout said the city currently irrigates just under 200 acres with the partial secondary system (about 800 acre‑feet) and that expanding the partial backbone could serve roughly 330 acres (~1,300 acre‑feet). "If…

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