Cities and counties across Utah are taking advantage of the extra water this winter to replenish aquifers.
"Our approach is really we should be saving this extra water for future years," Dave Decker, Provo's public works director said. "This is nature's way of saying: 'Here's all this extra, abundant water. You'd better take advantage of it because it's going to be needed in the future.'", he had water released from upriver reservoirs so that the water could be used to recharge underground supplies through what's called aquifer storage and recovery.
"That tells us that the ground is very thirsty," Ryan York, Provo's water sources manager said. "All this water that we're bringing in is going down through the ground,filling our aquifers and replenishing what's been pumped out over many, many, many years."In southern Utah, the Washington County Water Conservancy District is expecting this year's extra water to have a big impact on the aquifer underneath Sand Hollow Reservoir.
"A year like this—when we can keep the reservoir full for longer—will allow more water to go down beneath into the aquifer," she said. "It really is used as a savings account. When we have these really good years we can put more into that bank."
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