Several irrigation companies in the Heber area (Wasatch, Extension, Sage Brush, Spring Creek, Charleston, and Daniel) have received grant money from the state to install irrigation meters for their customers. The grant is intended for metering on-demand use. Typically, “on-demand” includes lawn and garden areas, and it does not include agricultural fields which are already “metered” by virtue of their watering schedule. If you own property with on-demand irrigation use within one of the above-mentioned irrigation company service areas, then you should anticipate having a meter installed as part of this project. Depending on your location, a contractor will be installing meters between the end of summer 2025 and the end of fall 2026. Meters sizes were decided based on metered irrigated area. Usage data will be made available to all shareholders who receive a meter.
(Per state code, all new homes as of 2022 are required to install a meter at the developer or homeowner's expense. Therefore, property owners with homes constructed after 2022 will not be included in this project and will be required to install a meter per their irrigation company's standards at their own expense.)
WCWEP personnel will be helping the companies manage the meter installation project. Shareholders are asked to reach out to the WCWEP office (435-654-4369) to coordinate the location of the meter box and so we can answer any questions or concerns you may have. Further coordination can be fielded through the WCWEP office, the irrigation company, or the contractor. Additional information will be posted to this website.
The irrigation companies will be adopting meter policies, which will guide how they utilize the meter data. In general, shareholders will have the ability to allocate water shares to their meter which will determine how much water is allowed to be used through the meter each year. Irrigation companies may choose to implement a fee for overuse. There will likely be an on-demand cost built into irrigation company annual assessments for users with on-demand use to cover operational, maintenance, and replacement costs associated with meters.