Water plan to help county, cities navigate water issues in the face of coming growth

The Box Elder County Commission on Jan. 28 unanimously adopted a comprehensive, countywide water master plan, approving a 238-page technical document intended to guide long-term planning for water supply, infrastructure and growth. The plan represents roughly two years of work and is intended to help align land-use decisions with water availability, a requirement imposed by state law, but one county officials said they chose to approach in a more coordinated way. “This is the full water master plan that we have been working on for the past two years,” said Scott Lyons, Box Elder County’s community development director and project...

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