Water Conservancy

Convincing the public on wastewater recycling has been challenging in other communities. But experts say treated wastewater will be perfectly safe and taste great.

Optimizing Utah’s agricultural water use to put more water back into Great Salt Lake was the main message at the People’s Great Salt Lake Summit this month.

Utah House and Senate leaders this week unveiled a series of bills and funding initiatives centered around water conservation and saving Great Salt Lake.

With reservoir levels across the state at historic lows, water districts and individuals are struggling to find enough water to meet demand. One community on the edge of Box Elder County is torn between public and private water sources.

At the end of a visit to Cache Valley last week Gov. Spencer Cox held an agriculture town hall. During the hour-long Q&A he addressed the concerns of the county's farmers and ranchers.

Through several conservation programs and local ordinances restricting water usage, Utahns have saved billions of gallons of water as the state continues to endure its ongoing drought.

Cache County voters decided in the 2016 elections to create a water conservancy district like those already existing in Box Elder, Salt Lake and Weber…