The Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management, acting on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Interior, are planning to develop a Draft Environmental Assessment for the Washington County Central Reuse System. This process is being conducted in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
The proposed Central Reuse System is intended to serve communities within Washington County in southwest Utah. According to project details, the system would deliver secondary irrigation water supplies and augment potable water supplies by conveying non-potable reuse to municipal and agricultural users in exchange for current outdoor irrigation sources.
The source of the non-potable reuse for this project is reclaimed water.
The Central Reuse System remains disconnected from and independent of the proposed Eastside Reuse System, which is undergoing evaluation in a separate NEPA process. Both of these projects are intended to eventually contribute to the overarching Regional Reuse Purification System for Washington County.
