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City engineer reports water use, rights and new projects; council presses for timeline on safe-yield gaps
Summary
Cedar City’s engineering department presented its 2024 water report on July 30, saying per-capita use rose to about 200 gallons per person per day while outlining new well tests, chlorination steps and water-rights totals.
Cedar City’s engineering department presented its 2024 water report on July 30, telling the council the city’s per-capita water use rose to about 200 gallons per person per day last year but remains on a long-term downward trend when normalized for two decades of growth. City Engineer Jonathan Stouth told the council the city’s portfolio of water rights currently totals about 25,261 acre-feet across multiple source types and basins. Stouth reviewed “safe yield” categories, explained which rights are subject to future groundwater-management reductions and noted the city’s recent purchases of pre-1934 rights to improve long-term reliability. Stouth described near-term projects: the BLM production well recently finished…
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