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Planning commission presses for data before finalizing Water Use and Preservation element; member proposes overlay to protect sole‑source aquifers
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a draft water‑use element, asked staff to await engineering and modeling studies before a public hearing, and debated a proposed extension of the county's Water Source Protection Overlay to EPA‑designated sole‑source aquifers.
Grand County Planning Commission members spent the majority of their Feb. 23 meeting reviewing the draft Water Use and Preservation element and agreed to continue the discussion once technical studies arrive.
Speaker 8 summarized edits to the element and said the request for proposals for the land‑use code update had cleared legal review and would be released that week. Speaker 5 pressed for firm data: "How many water meters are left? How many can you put in?" (Speaker 5), arguing meter counts or capacity should be a first principle before approving plan…
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