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Price City backs voluntary water-conservation goals and adopts state drinking-water fee implementation
Summary
Council approved a resolution establishing voluntary conservation targets and a separate resolution to implement a new state drinking-water fee that will add roughly $0.20 per meter per month (about $2.40/year) per connection; a council member who works for the Division of Drinking Water explained the reasoning and incentives that reduced the city’s expected charge.
Price — The Price City Council on June 10 approved two water-related resolutions: voluntary conservation goals for residential and commercial users and a resolution implementing a new state drinking-water fee for local systems.
A council member who identified their Division of Drinking Water employment explained that federal funding for state drinking-water programs has declined and that the legislature created a statewide fee to sustain required monitoring and compliance. The presenter said the city’s reported usage results in “a little over $9,000 that will be due next July” and characterized that as roughly a 20¢ increase per meter per month, or about $2.40 per year per connection. The same presenter said Price City’s per-connection use is low relative to many Utah cities and that the city qualified for incentives (master planning, meter accounting and reporting) that reduced the city’s fee estimate.
Council discussed drought pressures in neighboring jurisdictions and approved the voluntary conservation resolution in solidarity with county and statewide drought-declaration actions. Council also passed the implementing resolution for the state fee; staff said the fee collection and remittance will go to the state and that the city’s conservation work positions it favorably for lower assessments under the state program.
Councilmembers asked residents to report inefficient or misaligned city sprinkler systems so staff can make corrections and reduce waste. The actions were adopted by voice vote.
