Civil Engineering in West Jordan, Utah.
We work with developers, architects, and landowners on civil engineering for West Jordan land development, from residential subdivisions on the west side to commercial and light industrial along the Bangerter and Redwood corridors.
Licensed Professional Engineer in Utah. The engineer designing your West Jordan project is the same engineer answering your call.
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West Jordan is a Salt Lake County co-permittee and has written low impact development standards that let a project handle water quality volume and flood volume separately rather than in one basin.
West Jordan is a co-permittee under the Salt Lake County MS4 Municipalities Permit UTS000001, renewed effective February 26, 2025. The county permit sets the post-construction framework the city applies through development review.
The city's standards let a development separate the UPDES retention volume from the flood volume, holding the excess runoff volume in pocket ponds for release to ground. That is a different basin strategy than a single combined detention pond.
Pocket ponds sit on private property under a public easement, and the owner or HOA has to enter a long-term stormwater management agreement with the city. That is a recorded commitment running with the land, not a construction detail.
Who reviews a West Jordan project.
City engineering carries the technical review, with county, state, and UDOT layers depending on the site.
Stormwater and drainage review, grading, storm drain and utility design, and right-of-way permits. The city's design standards were developed from Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, AASHTO, and surrounding communities.
Plat, zoning, and site plan review. Preliminary and final plat move through the commission alongside engineering review.
The county holds the MS4 municipalities permit the city is a co-permittee on, and reviews projects on county ground and county roads.
Construction stormwater coverage under UTRC00000 or the Common Plan Permit, filed through NeT CGP, with annual renewal and a Notice of Termination at final stabilization.
Access and drainage permits on Bangerter Highway, Redwood Road, and the state highway system.
Liquefaction investigations on valley-floor sites where the land use and liquefaction potential matrix calls for one, prepared by a qualified engineering geologist.
What is different about engineering in West Jordan.
West Jordan built its standards around infiltration and distributed storage, which changes how a site plan is laid out.
- •Retention volume and flood volume can be separated. Rather than sizing one basin for both, the standards allow the UPDES retention volume to be held in pocket ponds released to ground, with flood volume handled separately. Done well that frees up developable area. Done without planning it, it means redesigning the basin late.
- •Pocket ponds create a long-term obligation. They sit on private property under a public easement, and the owner or HOA signs a long-term stormwater management agreement with the city. That is a maintenance commitment and a recorded document, and it belongs in the HOA budget and the closing package.
- •Release to ground depends on the soil. An infiltration-based approach only works if the soil takes water at the rate the design assumes. Hydrologic soil group and infiltration testing drive whether the standards' preferred approach is actually available on your parcel.
- •The county permit sets the post-construction floor. As a co-permittee on UTS000001, the city applies the county framework. Post-construction requirements travel with the county permit rather than being purely local invention, so they move when the permit is renewed.
- •Two water systems to design. Like much of the Salt Lake Valley, secondary irrigation water runs alongside culinary water. That is a second pipe network in the utility plan with its own separation and crossing rules.
What we work on in West Jordan.
Plat layout, grading, distributed storage in pocket ponds, and the long-term stormwater agreement handled as part of the package.
Site layout, parking, access, and treatment volume designed against the city's low impact development standards.
Large impervious areas, truck circulation, UDOT access on the Bangerter corridor, and detention sized to the county framework.
Tight-site grading and treatment where a conventional detention basin will not fit and distributed storage has to do the work.
Common questions about civil engineering in West Jordan.
What are West Jordan's low impact development standards?
They allow a development to separate the UPDES retention volume from the flood volume, retaining the excess runoff volume in traditional pocket ponds for release to ground rather than sizing one basin to do both jobs. Whether that approach is available on a given parcel depends on the soil, so hydrologic soil group and infiltration testing come early.
What is required if I use pocket ponds?
Pocket ponds must be located on private property with a public easement, and the owner or the HOA has to enter into a long-term stormwater management agreement with the city. That is an ongoing maintenance obligation and a recorded document, so it belongs in the HOA budget and the closing package rather than being discovered later.
Which MS4 permit does West Jordan fall under?
West Jordan is a co-permittee under the Salt Lake County MS4 Municipalities Permit UTS000001, which was renewed effective February 26, 2025 and runs to February 25, 2030. Salt Lake City, by contrast, holds its own individual permit, so requirements are not identical across the valley.
Do I still need a state permit?
Yes. City review and state coverage are separate. Disturbance of an acre or more, or non-residential disturbance under an acre that is part of a common plan, requires coverage under the Construction General Permit UTRC00000, filed through NeT CGP, with annual renewal until the project is terminated.
Are you licensed in Utah?
Yes. Paul Wallick is a licensed Professional Engineer in Utah, along with Minnesota, Colorado, and North Dakota. Drawings submitted in Utah have to be sealed by an engineer licensed in the state.
Working on a West Jordan project?
Tell us about the site. You will get a same-business-day response from Paul, with a real read on the civil scope, the regulatory path, and the likely permitting timeline.