Water News Roundup – February 24, 2010

24 Feb

Deseret News:

Canal safety bill passes House – Utah canals that pose potential safety hazards— like one in Logan that failed last summer, killing a mother and two children — would be subject to new safety requirements under a proposal that passed the House on Tuesday.

State division allows competing bids for use of Utah Lake land – Utah Crossing Inc. may not be alone in applying for use of land it wants to utilize to build a bridge across Utah Lake.

Salt Lake Tribune: House passes canal safety bill – The state would encourage canal companies to create management plans for risky stretches of canals but shield those plans from public scrutiny under a bill that passed the Utah House on Tuesday.

2010 Legislature: Representative McIff’s substituted stream access bill has passed the House.  The bill now moves to the Senate.