Water Conservation

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Even small adjustments can make a big difference. When you do begin watering, consider these simple conservation tips:

  • Water lawns early in the morning or late in the evening
  • Adjust sprinkler timers to avoid overwatering
  • Check sprinkler heads for leaks or overspray onto sidewalks and streets
  • Water lawns less frequently but more deeply
  • Consider incorporating drought-tolerant plants and landscaping

WORDS ON WATER:

Amounts of snowfall and precipitation vary from year to year, but Utah will continue to be one of the driest states in the country and water conservation remains critical to our long-term sustainability. 

Early each year the City receives information from Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, which supplies most of the City’s irrigation or outside water, whether or not the City will be able to use its contracted water supply or whether the amount allotted will be reduced.

Regardless of this information, the City continues to move forward with best practices in order to use less water year over year. So, while irrigation water may be available, the City continues to ask its residents to participate in water saving initiatives and practices so that long-term use of irrigation water becomes sustainable even when water supplies are less plentiful. We believe with growth on the Wasatch Front and the very real possibility of drier than average precipitation in the future, the City’s use of water resources will have to include aggressive conservation goals. As a reminder, the City’s water rates are set to reward low water usage with smaller rates and will be much more costly for excessive water use.

The City adopted water conservation ordinances that allow our residents to participate in the Lawn Exchange/Flip the Strip rebate program offered through the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District. Click button to learn more:
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We ask residents and property owners to please follow the watering guide published by the State of Utah. You can find watering guidelines by clicking the Weekly Watering Guide button. 
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Thanks for working hard in past years to conserve irrigation water! We met our obligations in those years where we had less water provided to us than our contracted amounts. The City is appreciative of all those property owners who worked hard to cut back and made sacrifices to conserve.