GRANTSVILLE CITY NOTICE OF INTEREST IN PURCHASING WATER RIGHTS
Notice Type(s)
Notice
Event Start Date & Time
May 27, 2025 01:00 PM
Event End Date & Time
July 1, 2025 03:00 PM
Description/Agenda
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Grantsville City is inviting offers from
water right owners to sell water rights to Grantsville City (the 'City'). To be considered
for purchase by the City, the water right must be within the Tooele Valley and be able to
be converted to municipal use by the City. All persons or entities interested in selling
water rights to the City shall submit either a written offer to Sherrie Broadbent,
Grantsville City Finance Director at 429 East Main Street, Grantsville Utah 84029 on or
before July 1, at 3:00 p.m.
Persons interested in submitting a written offer to the City, should provide the following
information:
- Seller's name, phone number and mailing address
- Water Right Number(s)
- Number of acre feet offered
- Name of owner of water right(s), if different from seller
- Information regarding how the water right(s) have been placed to beneficial use
during the past seven years
- Place(s) of use of the water right(s)
- Point(s) of diversion of the water right(s)
- Sales price (offers without a sales price will not be considered)
All purchases of water rights shall be structured to close at the time the State Engineer
approves a Change Application to allow the City to divert the water right from City water
sources for municipal use. Seller will be required to take all necessary steps and pay for
(1) all costs associated with the Change Application, (2) all costs for a policy of water
right title insurance, and (3) all closing costs. Seller will be required to pay for and use
the City's designated water rights attorney and title company to complete the transaction.
For more information
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