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The booming population in the southwest corner of Utah has tapped out the Virgin River and its dreams of piping water from Lake Powell are running dry with the reservoir, leaving wastewater recycling and conservation as the best options to keep watering the growth.
If homes across nine cities in the American West used four times more water than average, St. George residents would still pay the least.
The St. George area is the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan area.
(ST. GEORGE, Utah) — Rob Ford was watering his hay last October at his small Washington County, Utah, ranch when he realized the flow was weaker than usual. He called the irrigation manager who monitors the water levels. “The water is really weak,” Ford said […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images(ST. GEORGE, Utah) -- Rob Ford was watering his hay last October at his small Washington County, Utah, ranch when he realized the flow