(1) (a) By no later than November 30, 2023, and before developing the integrated water assessment under Section 73-10g-402, the division shall create a plan for developing and implementing the integrated water assessment. (b) In creating the work plan, the division shall consult with the entities described in Subsection 73-10g-402(4)(a). (2) The work plan shall include in relationship to the Great Salt Lake watershed: (a) a synthesis of available information, literature, and data, and an assessment of scientific, technical, measurement, and other informational needs, relating to: (i) water quantity, water quality, water use, and water demand; (ii) improving quantification and quality of data for: (A) surface and groundwater water diversions; (B) depletions; and (C) return flow; (iii) developing, downscaling, or otherwise updating models and assessment tools to improve understanding of water supply, water use, and water availability; (iv) understanding changing watershed conditions, including changes in climate, evapotranspiration, and other water supply vulnerabilities; and (v) other matters as the division determines to be appropriate; and (b) a description of how the work plan shall be implemented to address the needs described in Subsection (2)(a), including: (i) prioritize proposed activities, such as monitoring data infrastructure needs, studies, analyses, and development of tools necessary to implement the integrated water assessment; (ii) an implementation schedule, with completion of an integrated water assessment by no later than November 30, 2026; (iii) recommendations and a cost assessment for the implementation of the work plan; (iv) public engagement process; (v) an agreed approach to facilitate integrated watershed management and coordination across local, state, and federal agencies; and (vi) other matters as the division determines to be appropriate.
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