Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (Utah)

Entity: 2153
Entity Type: Special District

Abstract

Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District is a political subdivision of the State of Utah. It was created in 1951 by the State Legislature under the Water Conservancy Act and was called the Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District. On June 4, 1999, Jordan Valley's name was changed from Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District to Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District to eliminate confusion with Salt Lake County governments and to better reflect Jordan Valley's service area, which includes most of Salt Lake County and a small portion of northern Utah County.

Biography/History Notes

Jordan Valley is primarily a wholesaler of water to cities and improvement districts within Salt Lake County. It also has a retail service area in unincorporated areas of the county. Jordan Valley is now the largest municipal water district in Utah, with 90% of its municipal water delivered on a wholesale basis to cities and water districts and 10% on a retail basis to unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County. In addition, Jordan Valley treats and delivers water to Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy and Salt Lake City, even though neither district is within Jordan Valleys service boundaries. Jordan Valley also delivers untreated water to irrigators in Salt Lake and Utah Counties to meet commitments under irrigation exchanges.

Jordan Valley is governed by a board of eight trustees who represent seven geographical divisions. They are nominated by either the county commission or a city council, depending upon the division they represent. Each trustee is appointed by the Governor for a four-year term.

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Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District (Utah)