Why the second-driest state rejects water conservation
With rising temperatures and two decades of drought depleting the Colorado River, some Southwestern states are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to pay homeowners to tear out their lawns and farmers to fallow their fields. But Utah, the fastest-growing and second-driest state in the nation, is pursuing a different strategy. Steered by the state’s largest water districts, with the help of their legislative allies, Utah has prioritized the pursuit of new pipelines over large-scale conservation programs.
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