- Northern Utah cities are bracing for more potential water restrictions amid dry conditions.
- Weber Basin Water Conservancy District has already cut allocations of secondary water to its customers by 20% due to drought.
- Calls have also been put out to water customers in Ogden, Riverdale, Roy and Kaysville stressing the importance of conservation.
LAYTON — As summer approaches, more and more cities and secondary water providers in northern Utah are monitoring public water use with a wary eye, bracing for hot, dry conditions and the possibility of new water restrictions.
The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District has already reduced planned allocations to its agricultural customers and secondary water users by 20% due to the dry winter and drought-like conditions. Secondary water is the untreated water typically used to water lawns and vegetation and when providers use their allocation, the spigot will be turned off.
“I keep telling everybody in any meeting I’m at, I say, ‘Nobody, I mean nobody, needs to water every day. I don’t care how little or how much, they don’t need to water every day,'” said Scott Paxman, general manager of the Layton-based provider, a public entity that serves customers around Weber and Davis counties…