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Planning Commission schedules public hearing on water preservation element after debate on aquifer protections
Summary
After a lengthy debate about whether the water preservation element should prioritize conservation or include supply‑expansion language, the commission voted unanimously to hold a public hearing on proposed language that would ask staff to 'work on developing land‑use codes that protect water quality' in two sole‑source aquifers.
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to schedule a public hearing on the county’s water preservation element after extended debate over a paragraph proposed by Commissioner Obi to add protections for two sole‑source aquifers.
Obi presented maps and a rationale for adding a key action saying Grand County should "work on developing land use codes that protect water quality in both of these sole source aquifers," arguing the Glen Canyon and Castle Valley aquifers supply drinking water and lack adequate watershed‑scale protections. "I think…
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