Lawmakers take aim at significant water law reform

SALT LAKE CITY — Two legislative proposals seek to upend current water law and policy by demanding greater accountability for public water systems and reigning in their regulatory authority over watersheds.
Bills by Reps. Kim Coleman, R-West Jordan, and Mike Noel, R-Kanab, take direct aim at Salt Lake City, in particular, and other cities of the first class that provide water outside their municipal boundaries and control activities in their watersheds.
Coleman's HB124 requires cities or s