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Show 1 Introduction In the early 1970' s the Salt Lake Valley as well as most of Western America faced a new challenge concerning water. Historically, the Western attitude was that vast amounts of water needed to be reserved for human use in order to " make the desert bloom." This resulted in the development of almost all of the major water ways of the American West. Water users in population centers, such as the Salt Lake Valley, planted Kentucky bluegrass and other nonnative, water dependant plants in stark contrast to the native vegetation present in these arid regions. However, this situation began to change in the mid- twentieth century. By this time most of the easily accessible water sources in the West had been developed to serve the existing population. As the population grew in the West, it became increasingly expensive to develop additional water sources. This created a problem for government agencies that provided water in Western America. People in Western America were unwilling to foot the bill for new water developments, but they still expected their current and future water demands to be met by water agencies ( Ingram, 1972, p. 306). A solution to this problem was water conservation. According to LM Eisel in " Water Conservation, a Federal Viewpoint," water conservation is " doing with one gallon what any fool could do with ten"( Pole, 1995, p. 108). Water conservation provided the ultimate solution to the West's water problem by reducing the demand for water according to the available supply. Municipal water providers in Salt Lake City, as well as other cities in Western America, have a plethora of options when it comes to designing a water |