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Rangely council approves resolution on sewage treatment plant discharge water‑right usage
Summary
Council approved Resolution 2025‑01 to release recreation fisheries conditional uses while retaining irrigation and industrial conditional water rights related to the sewage treatment plant discharge.
The Rangely Town Council approved Resolution 2025‑01 concerning water‑right usage associated with the Rangely Sewage Treatment Plant.
Staff emphasized the town is not surrendering any water rights or diversions; rather, the resolution requests release of recreation fisheries conditional uses while continuing to protect conditional irrigation and industrial rights. A council member said: “We are not surrendering any of the water rights or its diversion. We are just asking to release the recreation fisheries conditional uses, and we will continue to protect the conditional rights that we have through irrigation and industrial.”
Robbie Elo moved to approve the resolution, a second was recorded, and the council carried the motion by voice vote.
