Mountain Regional Water is proposing that a new headquarters be built in Park City for the special service district and that the construction be financed by $18 million in bonds.
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Summit County councilors eye drought measures, but stop short of ordering restrictions parkrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from parkrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
, with summer and wildfire season on the horizon.
The snowpack has likely peaked and is melting into the area’s waterways, officials indicated. But because of historically dry soils, much of the snowmelt is being absorbed by the earth on its way to the area’s streams and rivers.
Glen Merrill, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City who also manages its hydrology program, said on April 8, before the recent round of storms, that the snowmelt runoff was predicted to be only half of normal levels for the Weber River and Upper Provo River basins.
“Quite grim,” he said of the situation.