PROCESS FOR CREATING THE VISION

To create a vision for the future of water in Utah, a team of experts gathered over a two-year period to share knowledge and extensively research and discuss options for Utah’s water future. Members of the State Water Strategy Advisory Team were selected by Governor Gary Herbert and Envision Utah to represent a spectrum of professional experience and political affiliations. Team members included water supply managers, legislators, administrators, farmers, professors, attorneys, advocates, and others from across the state. From 2013 to 2015, the team met to identify Utahns’ choices related to water, create scenarios for public input, and synthesize a vision for the future. The State Water Strategy Advisory Team was also tasked with developing a proposed 2060 State Water Strategy, which may contain more detailed strategies than are included in this 2050 vision. The process of creating this vision also consisted of the following components:

The action team used this information to create five different scenarios for the future of water in Utah. The scenarios differed in the sources of water used to serve the growing population, conservation levels, and allocations among various uses over the next 35 years. These scenarios were presented to the public in the Your Utah, Your Future survey in spring 2015, and 52,845 Utahns weighed in.

After receiving public input on the five water scenarios, the action team met to establish a vision, including goals and strategies, to achieve what Utahns said they wanted for water in 2050.

State Water Strategy Team

Co-chairs

Members

• Walt Baker
  Utah Division of Water Quality
• Richard Bay
  Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District
• Todd Bingham
  Utah Manufactures Association
• Todd Brightwell
  Economic Development Corporation of Utah
• Joel Briscoe
  Utah House of Representatives
• Sterling Brown
  Utah Farm Bureau
• Charley Bulletts
  Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
• Steve Clyde
  Clyde Snow Attorneys at Law
• Lynn de Freitas
  Friends of Great Salt Lake
• Joan DeGiorgio
  The Nature Conservancy, Utah Chapter
• Keith Denos
  Provo River Water Users Association
• Stephanie Duer
  Salt Lake City Public Utilities
• Joanna Endter-Wada
  Utah State University
• Steve Erickson
  Great Basin Water Network
• Bob Fotheringham
  Cache County Water Manager
• Robert Gillies
  State Climatologist
• Keith Grover
  State Representative
• Jodi Hoffmann
  Utah League of Cities and Towns
• Scott Jenkins
  Utah Senate
• Kent Jones
  State Engineer
• Voneene Jorgensen
  Bear River Water Conservancy District
• JT Martin
  IWM Integrated
• Dan McCool
  University of Utah
• Eric Millis
  Division of Water Resources
• Leland Myers
  Central Davis Sewer District
• Ralph Okerlund
  Utah Senate
• Shane Pace
  Sandy City Public Utilities
• Brad Peterson
  Utah Governor's Office of Outdoor Recreation
• Dale Pierson
  Rural Water Association of Utah
• Curt Pledger
  Bureau of Reclamation
• Gene Shawcroft
  Central Utah Water Conservancy District
• Mark Sovine
  Grand County Water and Sewer District
• Ron Thompson
  Washington County Water Conservancy District
• Jane Whalen
  Citizens for Dixie's Future
• Jody Williams
  Holland and Hart