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Water district urges voluntary ‘ultra’ water‑efficient homes to cut per‑household use
Summary
At an April 3 Ivins City Council work meeting, Doug Bennett of the regional water district presented voluntary development standards intended to lower typical single‑family household water use from 0.59 to 0.39 acre‑feet, offering developers reduced impact fees, drip irrigation requirements and HOA‑led enforcement.
Doug Bennett, a representative of the regional water district, told the Ivins City Council on April 3 that the district is promoting voluntary "ultra water‑efficient" development standards designed to reduce average single‑family household supply from 0.59 to 0.39 acre‑feet.
Bennett said the program is voluntary and intended to work on both small urban lots and larger rural lots. Participating homes would use exclusively drip irrigation, discourage salt‑based water softeners, and be tied to homeowners associations that agree to enforce the program's landscaping and irrigation requirements.
"We wanted it to be a voluntary program," Bennett…
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