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ST. GEORGE — While other municipalities have passed water conservation ordinances related to new construction, St. George officials continue to fine-tune the city's own water saving proposals before they are adopted and codified. Though still a month away, the deadline for passing the new code is approaching.
"We're the last holdouts," St. George Michele Randall said during a City Council work meeting held Thursday.
The St. George City Council passed a temporary six-month ban on new car washes and recreation facilities that used large amounts of water in their daily operations earlier this year. This was done to allow the City Council and staff to retool the city's water conservation and landscaping ordinances to match water-saving recommendations from the Washington County Water Conservancy District.
The ban is permitted under state law and provides a time six-month period for a county or municipal government to address the issue that made the original ban necessary.
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