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Can the answers to Southern Utah’s water woes be found in Nevada?
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Can the answers to Southern Utah’s water woes be found in Nevada?

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories.  St. George, Utah, and Las Vegas may be worlds apart culturally, but the two share a number of important characteristics when it comes to water conservation: low rainfall, high temperatures, heavy tourism and rapid population growth.  Both are also...

While facing a historic drought, Utah officials don’t have a handle on how much water slips through their fingers
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While facing a historic drought, Utah officials don’t have a handle on how much water slips through their fingers

The following story was supported with funding from The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder and was reported by Eric S. Peterson and McKhelyn Jones of The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with City Weekly, The Herald Journal, The Spectrum, The Daily Herald and the Standard Examiner. Bret Christensen heads a water...