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Castle Valley explores water‑banking, nonpotable delivery and municipal reclassification to protect surplus water
Summary
Council members reviewed options to protect surplus water, including water banking, changing town water rights to municipal classification, and small nonpotable distribution systems; members noted legal complexity, possible state engineer resistance, and the need for technical and legal presentations before action.
The council discussed several options for protecting surplus water and making it available for local nonpotable uses.
Presenter (S4) summarized water‑marketing concepts, describing a water bank as a statutory tool that can protect water from forfeiture while allowing leasing or temporary transfers. Presenter cautioned that the state engineer has in past resisted some water‑bank approaches, and that water‑bank mechanics are complex: “water banking now has its own code and how to do one and it's all very complicated.”…
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