Salt Lake County water managers say they’re concerned about new water trends as the region’s irrigation season has gotten off to a warmer and drier start. Water consumption in the Jordan Valley Conservancy District, which includes most of Salt Lake County, is up 15% from last year, which was up 12.5% from the previous year. … While Utah’s northern half experienced a normal snowpack this year, dry conditions prior to winter and an unproductive meteorological spring compromised the runoff efficiency. Utah’s meteorological spring — March 1 through May 31 — was the 11th warmest and 40th driest since 1895, according to National Centers for Environmental Information released on Monday. … Dry soil conditions before the snowpack also increased the probability that more snowpack water would go into recharging the groundwater supply, meaning less water that flows into the state’s reservoirs. … Over three-fourths of the state is now in at least moderate drought at the start of meteorological summer.

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