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Show APPENDIX E 1991 CANYON SURPLUS WATER SALES ORDINANCE The following is contained in Section 17.04.020 of the Ordinance: Preamble- Permit Required for water use - Conditions. Preamble. Beginning in 1888, the city acquired extensive water rights to the Wasatch Canyon stream flows through exchange agreements with irrigation companies and control over the city's watershed through state and federal legislation. Under state law, the city can only sell its surplus water outside the city's limits. The city has determined that except snowmaking, fire protection and water from possible springs it does not have surplus water for sale in its watershed canyons. This determination is based upon the following: canyon waters are extremely valuable to the city because they are the city's closest high- quality water supplies; water from canyon streams can be delivered to most city customers by gravity flow without pumping; and water used for snowmaking affords a degree of storage as it is usually the last to melt. Additionally, the city has made major capital expenditures for facilities to treat water coming from the canyons and they operate most economically when they have greater quantities of water to treat. Also, controlling issuance of new permits for water supply in the watershed area hereunder is consistent with the city's 1988 Watershed Management Plan for the protection of the city's watersheds. Page 139 |