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Water officials warn of historic drought, outline regional reuse, storage plans
Summary
Washington County water officials told the Washington County Republican Women meeting the region is in an "extremely, severe" drought, citing 21% of average snowpack, and outlined a regional reclaimed-water system, new reservoirs and conservation measures intended to supply roughly half the county's needs over 20 years.
Carrie Raske, of the Washington County Water Conservancy District, told the Washington County Republican Women on Feb. 1 that the region is facing an "extremely, severe drought" and that current snowpack sits at about 21% of average. "It is the driest winter on record since 1895," Raske said.
Raske said the district's 20-year water-supply plan relies on additional conservation, reuse, groundwater optimization, agricultural transfers and development of remaining local supplies. She said the district has replaced more than 2,000,000 square feet of grass in the last two years — "about 30% of the grass statewide" replaced under the program — and has passed what she described as "Utah's…
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