Board approves multi-million-dollar committals for pipelines and secondary-meter projects

The Utah Board of Water Resources voted on March 18 to commit state financing for several local water projects — including pipeline replacements and large secondary-meter programs — and approved withdrawals of three projects from further consideration.

Board members approved staff recommendations for committals and loans that the staff described at earlier agenda items. Key actions recorded by the chair included:

- RE469 Grantsville Irrigation Company (Tooele County): staff recommended committing 85% of project cost with staff language earlier in the meeting saying "up to $1,496,000" at 1% over 30 years with annual payments of about $58,000; the motion read into the record later used a slightly different number ("up to $1,000,496"). The chair recorded the motion as passed by voice vote.

- RE490 Clinton City (Davis County): board committed 85% of project cost up to $3,900,000 with bonded indebtedness returned at 3.09% interest over 15 years and estimated annual payments of about $356,000; Mayor Marie Dougherty thanked the board, calling the project a "great investment in Clinton's future." The motion passed.

- RE503…