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Board of Water Supply says proposed parcel-level water-availability mapping is infeasible; committee still advances bill
Summary
Board of Water Supply testified that parcel-level water-availability assessments called for in SP2398 would take decades to complete (an engineer estimate of ~73.4 years); the committee nevertheless passed the bill out as HD1 to continue the discussion and explore alternatives such as zone-based or simplified mapping.
The Board of Water Supply told the House Committee on Water and Land that a statutory requirement in SP2398 to produce parcel-level residential water-availability maps would be effectively impossible to implement under current staffing and processes.
Ernie from the Board summarized that the board supports transparency and predictability in permitting but that the bill as drafted would create an “unreasonable burden” requiring substantial…
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