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8 LONG TITLE
9 Committee Note:
10 The Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Interim Committee
11 recommended this resolution.
12 General Description:
13 This resolution encourages public water suppliers to implement universal metering.
14 Highlighted Provisions:
15 This resolution:
16 ▸ notes that, as the second most arid state in the country, Utah needs to conserve
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18 ▸ states that when citizens know how much water they are using, they tend to
19 voluntarily conserve that water; and
20 ▸ encourages public water suppliers to implement metering on all retail public and
21 private water systems.
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25 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
26 WHEREAS, Utah is the second most arid state in the country;
27 WHEREAS, the citizens of Utah must do everything they can to conserve water
28 resources;
29 WHEREAS, water managers from around the state have indicated that when customers
30 know how much water they are using and how much water they need to be using, most
31 customers voluntarily adjust their water usage; 32 WHEREAS, many secondary water and some culinary systems in the state are not
33 metered, which means residents have no idea how much water they are using;
34 WHEREAS, metering water systems is one tool in the conservation toolbox; and
35 WHEREAS, if more citizens in Utah knew how much water they were using, they
36 would voluntarily conserve:
37 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
38 Governor concurring therein, encourages public water suppliers to implement metering on all
39 retail public and private water systems.
40 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Utah
41 Association of Conservation Districts, the Utah League of Cities and Towns, the Rural Water
42 Association of Utah, the Utah Association of Special Districts, and the Utah Water Users
43 Association.
Legislative Review Note
Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel