A little known, but very important state board went through money like it was water on Thursday — all to enact some new conservation measures across Utah.
The Utah Water Resources Board approved spending $190 million in communities across the state to implement secondary water metering.
"We've found that by installing secondary meters and telling people how much they’re using, they reduce their water use by 20 and 30%, which is huge," said Candice Hasenyager, the executive director of Utah's Division of Water Resources. One member of a local water board raised questions about supply chain and labor shortages and if that would hurt the availability of funds. Afterward, Ron Mortensen, who said he was speaking for himself and not the South Davis Water Trust, raised concerns about passing along costs to consumers.
But secondary water metering has been defended as a measure to get more Utahns to conserve as the state deals with unprecedented growth and drought.
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