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63I-2-273
63I-2-273
73-10-32.7
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Water Loss Study Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Doug Owens
Senate Sponsor: Michael K. McKell
LONG TITLE
Committee Note:
The Legislative Water Development Commission recommended this bill.
Legislative Vote:
8 voting for
0 voting against
6 absent
General Description:
This bill directs the Division of Water Resources (division) to study reported data regarding
water loss.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
defines terms;
requires the division to conduct a study regarding water loss;
requires the division to report the findings of the study;
imposes a repeal date; and
makes technical and conforming amendments.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
63I-2-273
Effective
05/06/26
Superseded
07/01/26
, as last amended by Laws of Utah
2024, Third Special Session, Chapter 5
63I-2-273
Effective
07/01/26
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 124
ENACTS:
73-10-32.7
Effective
05/06/26
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
63I-2-273
is amended to read:
63I-2-273
Effective
05/06/26
Superseded
07/01/26
. Repeal dates: Title 73.
Reserved
Section
73-10-32.7
, Study regarding water losses, is repealed July 1, 2027
.
Section 2. Section
63I-2-273
is amended to read:
63I-2-273
Effective
07/01/26
. Repeal dates: Title 73.
(1)
Section
73-10-32.7
, Study regarding water losses, is repealed July 1, 2027.
(2)
Subsection
73-10g-607(5)
, regarding a requirement to report to an interim
committee, is repealed January 1, 2027.
Section 3. Section
73-10-32.7
is enacted to read:
73-10-32.7
Effective
05/06/26
. Study regarding water losses.
(1)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Division" means the Division of Water Resources.
(b)
"Public water system" means the same as that term is defined in Section
19-4-102
.
(2)
The division shall, in conjunction with the Division of Drinking Water, conduct a study
regarding water loss by public water systems under which the division shall:
(a)
compile and analyze water loss estimates based on system size from data provided by
a public water system for the period beginning January 1, 2015, and ending
December 31, 2024;
(b)
provide an overview of industry standard water loss principles and practices,
including for both public system and end use water losses; and
(c)
make recommendations on how to:
(i)
improve water loss estimates and associated data reliability; and
(ii)
reduce actual water losses.
(3)
The division shall report the division's findings under the study described in Subsection
(2)
to the Legislative Water Development Commission by no later than October 31,
2026.
Section 4.
Effective Date.
(1)
Except as provided in Subsection (2), this bill takes effect
May 6, 2026
.
(2)
The actions affecting Section 63I-2-273
Effective
07/01/26
take effect on
July 1, 2026
.
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