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The Water Tap: 10,000 Woundfin want for water in the Virgin Joan Meiners, St. George Spectrum & Daily News © The Spectrum & Daily News Welcome to The Water Tap, a weekly update on Southwestern Utah s water situation. This article is part of a series addressing topics relevant to water security in southwestern Utah. Look for stories online on select Fridays and in print on select Saturdays that feature updates on ongoing water issues, interviews with experts and explorations of how we can ensure a better water future for our growing communities. Ten thousand Woundfin fish, an endangered species that only exists locally, were dumped into the Virgin River this week  half at Confluence Park and half at a private location in Hurricane  with the hopes that they will reproduce and boost the species out of the extinction danger zone. That hope has been fueling two years of work raising these fish to maturity at a hatchery in New Mexico, followed by a nerv

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