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Cedar City directs staff to pursue chlorination and spring filtration design after state orders
Summary
After briefings from city and water staff, the council directed staff to begin engineering work and issue RFPs to meet Utah Division of Drinking Water deadlines: temporary chlorination at Cross Hollow by March 1 and a full-system design by Nov. 1, and to move ahead with planning for a filtration/treatment plant for Cedar Canyon springs.
Cedar City Council on Wednesday directed city staff to begin engineering and procurement steps to meet state orders requiring chlorination of the city's drinking water and to pursue a filtration option for springs in Cedar Canyon.
Jonathan (city staff) told the council the Utah Division of Drinking Water has issued a stipulated order that requires chlorinating the entire culinary system and set two deadlines: install a temporary chlorination capability at the Cross Hollow tank by March 1, 2026, and complete engineering design for full-system chlorination by Nov. 1, 2026. Jonathan said the city has ordered equipment for the temporary chlorination work and plans to meet the March 1 deadline.
"The state has mandated that the whole drinking water system needs to be chlorinated," Jonathan said, describing the background and the amended…
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