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Show introduction Background As part of the Central Utah Project Completion Act ( CUPCA) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 ( P L 102- 575) passed by Congress and signed into law on October 30, 1992, by the president, Section 207( f) called for the creation of a Utah Water Conservation Advisory Board ( UWCAB). The nine- member UWCAB was appointed by the governor of Utah within two years of enactment of the law to research and develop water conservation standards and regulations and report its recommendations to the governor and secretary of the interior by October 30, 1995. The potential water conservation items in the CUPCA legislation that were considered by the UWCAB are: CUPCA P. L. 102- 575 Section 207( f)( 2) The Board shall recommend water conservation standards and regulations for promulgation by state or local authorities in the service area of each petitioner of project water, including but not limited to the following: ( A) metering or measuring of water to all customers, to be accomplished within five years. ( For purposes of this paragraph, residential buildings of more than four units may be considered as single customers.); ( B) elimination of declining block rate schedules from any system of water or wastewater treatment charges; ( C) a program of leak detection and repair that provides for the inspection of all conveyance and distribution mains, and the performance of repairs, at intervals of three years or less; ( D) low consumption performance standards applicable to the sale and installation of plumbing fixtures and fittings in new construction; ( E) requirements for the recycling and reuse of water by all newly constructed commercial laundries and vehicle wash facilities; ( F) requirements for soil preparation prior to the installation or seeding of turf grass in new residential and commercial construction; ( G) requirements for the insulation of hot water pipes in all new construction; ( H) requirements for the installation of water recycling or reuse systems on any newly installed commercial and industrial water- operative air conditioning and refrigeration systems; ( I) standards governing the sale, installation and removal of self- regenerating water softeners, including the identification of public water supply system service areas where such devices are prohibited, and the establishment of standards for the control of regeneration in all newly installed devices; and ( J) elimination of evaporation as a principal method of wastewater treatment. |