Despite runoff that filled reservoirs and knocked Utah out of drought status, water use only ticked up slightly.
Runoff filled reservoirs and knocked Utah out of drought status and water use only ticked up slightly.
The watering season just ended, so resource managers are still crunching numbers. But water suppliers across the Wasatch Front report usage numbers for 2023 that look pretty close to the prior two years. Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, which provides secondary water to customers in Weber and Davis counties, saw an uptick in outdooring water compared to the drought years of 2021 and 2022. But it’s still nowhere near the amount of watering seen before the Great Salt Lake’s record-low levels.Data the district provided was from early September, with a few weeks left to go in the watering season.
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