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Cedar City water report: total use down in 2025, peak demand remains a planning challenge
Summary
City engineering reported total water use of 8,795 acre-feet in 2025 (3.8% below 2024), average daily use about 7 million gallons, and a peak day of 16 million gallons on Aug. 5; staff recommended diversifying sources and noted aquifer declines.
City Engineering presented the calendar-year 2025 water report and outlined conservation trends and infrastructure projects.
"As far as overall water use in 2025, the total number of acre feet was 8,795, which is actually 3.8% less than 2024," said Jonathan Stouthis. He told council average daily use in 2025 was about 7,000,000 gallons and the peak day was approximately 16,000,000 gallons on Aug. 5. Stouthis noted the city holds over 25,000 acre-feet of water rights total (about 4,400 acre-feet underground and roughly 1,000 acre-feet in Basin 71) and highlighted ongoing projects including state-mandated chlorination for the Quechuaia source and design work on the Cedar Canyon filtration plant.
Stouthis also described aquifer declines (about 2.2 feet per year on average in some areas) and described completed work on effluent reuse infrastructure and planned search for additional well sites. He and councilmembers emphasized continued conservation messaging and the need to reduce peak summer demand as a planning and financial constraint on infrastructure.
