Because Aspen Hills is a dry community, here is some useful information on how to obtain water.  

• To obtain water at Mount Pleasant City you first need to pay for the amount of water you are going to need at the Mt. Pleasant City Offices — this is 1 block west of the traffic light at 115 West Main. City offices are only open Monday-Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. The cost of water fluctuates with economy and availability  — After the fee is paid they will give you the exact address where you can get the water. 

• There are water delivery companies in the area if you Google “1000 gallon water delivery Sanpete county” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The History of our water problems: 

Aspen Hills was initially developed and approved as a dry subdivision when it was platted.  

The Aspen Hills Board of Trustees decided to try to help the property owners by locating a water supply for sanitation use, at the known “Water Tree” on North Fork.  This water spigot was enough for the small needs of property owners at the time.  According to old-timers, the source of this water was a spring located farther up North Fork Road at the hairpin turn where the road is wet all year. The only storage was in the pipe itself that runs beside the road down to the spigot. Consequently, there was only a small amount of water available, and it had a brown tint to it. This water source soon became insufficient as more property owners used their property, especially on weekends and holidays. 

Even though the water source was small and of questionable quality, it seemed we were using the water illegally because we did not own water rights. In 2006 we purchased water rights, so we were no longer breaking the law.  In 2007 we purchased the property on the corner where the water spigot was located.  In 2008 we developed a spring located at the top of our new property and installed a 1,200-gallon storage tank. The spring ran at a rate of 2 to 3 gallons a minute filling the tank in 7 to 10 hours.  We added a new freeze proof hydrant with driveway access.  We thought that this tank would serve us for many years; but we were soon running out of water again.  In 2011 we installed a 7,000-gallon tank in addition to the smaller tank. Blake also installed a fast fill pipe from the big tank. The flow from this pipe was over 50 gallons per minute and was working great… 

Until we were notified by email that our water use was illegal.  The email was followed up with a certified letter stating the same thing.  Someone had filed a complaint with the State Water Rights Commission that we were using the water from the spigots at the Pine Tree Corner on lot 1052 illegally.  It appears that the five-acre feet of water we purchased from Archie’s Hollow may be used in our subdivision for a drilled well, but not for surface water from a spring well, as we were doing.  At the time the board members did not know there was a difference.  We were also informed that if the use of these spigots continued, the association could be fined $5000 per day.  So, the water was turned off.  Board members at the time reported that when the water deed was recorded, they were assured that all was good and nothing further needed be done, it turns out this was incorrect. 

We sought the services of a water engineer to help file the correct papers to allow our use of the faucets.  We were told that this will be unsuccessful and will be denied.  We continued pursuing possible purchase of water from someone with water shares from the North Creek Water Users, we were told that none was available.  We also tried to lease some water shares from someone in this same group also, with no success.  If anyone knows of someone with water shares in the North Creek Water Users that is willing to sell or lease water to us, let us know! 

This will not be resolved in the foreseeable future.  Therefore, you must bring water from home or make other arrangements.