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A water conservation specialist has lawn-watering tips for Cache Valley residents to use during Utahâs extreme drought conditions.
Kelly Koop, water conservation specialist and professor at Utah State University, said her tips mostly come from the Utah Division of Water Resources lawn watering guide.
The organization recommends different irrigation schedules depending on the dryness, but currently the recommendation is no more than two irrigations per week.
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Koop said people should only be using a half-inch of water each time, so about four inches each month.
âThatâs more than enough water to keep grass alive, even with our high temperatures that weâre having,â she said.
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While the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City is warning that thunderstorms could continue to pelt areas of the state with heavy rain through Thursday, that moisture won’t make a dent in the drought.
Even if Mother Nature dumps nearly a foot of rain across the state.
“The state has had around 17 inches of precipitation this water year. During an average water year, we would have received almost 27 inches to date, so we currently have a 10-inch deficit that we need to make up to get back to normal,” said Kim Wells, public information officer for the Utah Division of Water Resources. The water year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.
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