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Water Usage Notification Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Doug Owens
Senate Sponsor:
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LONG TITLE
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General Description:
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This bill addresses notification of usage of water by end users.
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Highlighted Provisions:
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This bill:
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▸ defines terms;
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▸ grants rulemaking authority;
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▸ requires a retail water supplier to provide certain notifications regarding water usage;
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▸ requires a secondary water supplier to provide certain notifications regarding water usage,
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with exceptions;
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▸ directs rulemaking;
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▸ provides for the method of notification; and
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▸ addresses liability.
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Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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None
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Other Special Clauses:
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None
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Utah Code Sections Affected:
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ENACTS:
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73-10-32.7, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
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Section 1. Section 73-10-32.7 is enacted to read:
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73-10-32.7 . Water use escalation notifications.
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(1) As used in this section:
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(a) "Fully metered" means the same as the term "fully metering" is defined in Section
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73-10-34.
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(b) "Public water system" means the same as that term is defined in Section 19-4-102.
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(c) "Retail water supplier" means the same as that term is defined in Section 19-4-102.
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(d) "Secondary water supplier" means the same as that term is defined in Section
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73-10-34.
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(2) On and after July 1, 2027, a retail water supplier shall administer an automated system
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under which the retail water supplier:
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(a) measures water usage by an end user;
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(b) records the amounts used by an end user; and
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(c) notifies an end user when the end user's water use significantly escalates during a
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month.
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(3)(a) For a secondary water supplier that is fully metered on July 1, 2027, on and after
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July 1, 2027, the secondary water supplier shall administer an automated system
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under which the secondary water supplier:
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(i) measures water usage by an end user;
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(ii) records the amounts used by an end user; and
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(iii) either directly or through the public water system that serves an end user of the
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secondary water supplier, notifies an end user when the end user's water use
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significantly escalates during a month.
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(b) For a secondary water supplier that is not described in Subsection (3)(a), within six
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months of the day on which the secondary water supplier is fully metered, the
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secondary water supplier shall administer an automated system under which the
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secondary water supplier:
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(i) measures water usage by an end user;
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(ii) records the amounts used by an end user; and
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(iii) either directly or through the public water system that serves an end user of the
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secondary water supplier, notifies an end user when the end user's water use
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significantly escalates during a month.
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(c) Notwithstanding whether a secondary water supplier is fully metered, by no later
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than July 1, 2031, the secondary water supplier shall administer an automated system
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under which the secondary water supplier:
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(i) measures water usage by an end user;
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(ii) records the amounts used by an end user; and
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(iii) either directly or through the public water system that serves an end user of the
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secondary water supplier, notifies an end user when the end user's water use
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significantly escalates during a month.
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(4) The Division of Water Resources, shall make rules, in accordance with Title 63G,
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Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act:
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(a) defining what constitutes "significantly escalates"; and
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(b) outlining best practices in measuring when usage during a month significantly
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escalates.
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(5) Notification under this section may be made:
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(a) electronically or by first-class United States mail; and
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(b) on a monthly statement, by separate notice, or by an end user specific Internet portal
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that provides information on the end user's usage more frequently than monthly.
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(6) This section does not apply to a secondary water supplier that is:
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(a) exempt from metering under Subsection 73-10-34(9), (10), or (11); or
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(b) authorized to meter at strategic points of the system under Subsection 73-10-34(13).
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(7) This section does not create a cause of action against a retail water supplier or secondary
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water supplier for an act or failure to act under this section.
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Section 2. Effective Date.
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This bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.
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