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Ivins mayor credits conservation, modeling for deferring controversial Dry Wash reservoir
Summary
Mayor Chris Hart said Ivins’s new general plan and strong water-conservation measures — including low per-capita use and irrigation standards — plus county modeling by Stantec mean only one West Side reservoir is needed, deferring the proposed Dry Wash Reservoir.
Mayor Chris Hart said Ivins’s two-year redraft of its general plan is complete and credited residents’ input and local conservation for reducing regional reservoir needs.
Hart, speaking at the Ivins State of the City, said a citywide survey returned roughly 53% of responses and that water emerged as the dominant public concern. He said modeling commissioned by the Washington County Water Conservancy District and conducted by Stantec Engineering found only one of two proposed West Side reservoirs would be required, removing the immediate need for the Dry Wash Reservoir and leaving Graveyard Wash as the anticipated project.
"We received about a 53% response rate on the survey," Hart…
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