A CLOSER LOOK AT SALT LAKE CITY IMPACT ON UTAH’S WATER MARKETS.

Salt Lake City’s Water Department have made water rights in Utah a joke.

Recently, there was good news that water was found on the moon.

The bad news was Salt Lake City claimed they owned the water,

declared it “surplus,” and offered a “surplus” water contract to

NASA subject to NASA not developing on the moon.  The Martians

using the water since the Big Bang created the moon protested.

The City’s Water Department  sued the Martians.

Salt Lake City has claimed their neighbors’ future need for water in

order to hoard water the City has no use for other than “surplus water sales.”

This foreclosed their neighbors’ ability to obtain their fair share of

free public water rights like SLC did under the appropriation

process. These neighbors are forced to pay SLC “surplus water

fees” for water they should rightfully  own.

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How much excess water profit do you pay per month?

What price should the Salt Lake City water monopoly charge?

County Customers, tired of high water rates?

Call Mayor Caroon 468-2500–

“Cut our water rates in half.”

City Customers, tired of high water rates? Call the City Council 535-7600–

“It’s time for climate change at the Water Department.

May we have rate decreases, please.”

Please help by calling Governor Huntsmans Hotline

801-538-1045. Leave the message:

Please break the Salt Lake City water monopoly.

$20 in excess costs per month over 936,096 yearly bills

(78,008 connections) would be $19 million a year in excess costs.

Over 25 years, the excess costs would be $475 million dollars.

Incremental excess costs over large populations

generate enormous amounts.

How much excess water profit/inefficiencies per

month are 72,381 Salt Lake County residents

(24,788 connections) paying ? A study is on page 4.

How much excess costs and excess profits are

City and County “customers” paying?

Up to $25 million dollars per year? It’s a management decision.

What price should the Salt Lake City water monopoly charge?

Because Salt Lake City water monopoly has no competition,

how are Big-Government waste, inefficiencies, and fat reduced

while maintaining quality water and good service?

Big-Government waste and inefficiency or economies of scale and efficient operations.

It’s a management decision. Water monopolies want to at least

appear fair, but are the rates fair and efficient?

Proposed are 5 compounding rate increases of

4%, 5%, 4%, 4%, and 4% over the next 5 years

capturing an estimated additional $36 million

for the enterprise fund SLC water utility.

Exploiting monopoly to charge what the market will bear,

or providing an essential basicservice with the highest

efficiency and lowest cost to the public—It’s a management decision.

Salt Lake City offered the State of Utah free land and

water to relocate the Capital to Salt Lake City.

After decades of economic benefit and increased access to

State Government, the SLC Water Department sued the State

to break its word and free water agreement and lost.

The SLC Water Department sued 2,400 Utah Lake

water users,  sued Payson City, sued  Utah County

shareholders in Big Ditch, and even sued its own

Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City which is an indication

that Salt Lake City does not control its own water department.

Suing the State was a management decision.

UtahWater.net public advocacy to reform Water Rights in Utah, to reduce water rates, to level the playing field, and to make all cities water independent.

Water monopoly wastes water, creates artificial scarcity, artificial high water rates, increases property taxes, and business costs for all Utahs citizenry.   

We all pay for water monopoly.