Even after this winter's record snowpack has eased much of the drought across Utah, Gov. Spencer Cox says it's too early to take our eyes off the ball when it comes to water conservation.
But even after this winter's record snowpack has eased much of the drought across the state, Gov. Spencer Cox says it's too early to take our eyes off the ball when it comes to conservation.
At a ceremonial bill signing Tuesday at the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, Cox said 99% of the state was experiencing extreme drought at this time last year. Now, it's only 7%, he said. "That's just a miracle, and we're grateful for it," Cox said. "But this is not a time to relax. In fact, it's exactly the opposite. We've been handed a gift, and this is our opportunity to take that gift and conserve it and preserve it so that we are ahead of the game instead of playing from behind where we've been now for a couple of years."
Cox promoted several water-related bills Tuesday that will create a new statewide nonprofit to address water needs, limit the power of homeowners associations to dictate landscaping requirements, and designate the
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