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Show • Outdoor use is consumptive, because water is used for sprinkling lawns and gardens, washing cars, etc. From a water conservation perspective, reducing outdoor water use is a desired objective. In the Wasatch Front Total Water Management Study published in 1990, outdoor water usage of M & I water in Utah communities without secondary water systems varied from a low of 62 gpcd ( gallons per capita per day) in Ogden, Weber County, to a high of 136 gpcd in Sandy, Salt Lake County. Several communities along the Wasatch front, such as Bountiful and Roy in Weber County, have secondary systems that greatly reduce the use of culinary water outdoors by using untreated water in secondary systems. Outdoor water usage along the Wasatch Front does not differ dramatically from the Denver, Colorado, area, despite the fact that Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County has higher average temperatures and lower precipitation during the growing season. Based on current water use patterns and future water demand increases caused by growth, decreasing individual water use is vital to help retain the environment that makes Utah a desirable place to live, sjs 10 |
