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Washington County water manager urges landscaping, building changes to protect Southern Utah supply
Summary
The general manager of the Washington County Water Conservancy District told a public forum that nonfunctional grass accounts for roughly 40% of household water use, urged a shift to water-wise landscaping and warned that the district could stop issuing building permits if supplies fall short.
The general manager of the Washington County Water Conservancy District warned listeners that Southern Utah could run short of water unless residents, builders and elected leaders change landscaping and construction practices. “The vast majority of our water that we could go without is going on landscaping, specifically grass,” the manager said, adding that about 40% of a typical home's water use goes to “non functioning grass.”
The comment came during a roughly eight-minute presentation in which the manager described personal and district-level conservation steps. He said he converted his yard to drip irrigation after removing a 70-foot-by-10-foot strip of grass and that the change…
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