More water is removed from the underground aquifer each year than is replaced, and water levels have been dropping for decades.
Faced with the challenge of bringing the aquifer back into balance, and accommodating what the Utah Foundation estimates will be a 129 percent population increase between 2010 and 2050, the district, county and municipalities, as well as businesses, organizations and residents, will have to pitch in and work together, CICWCD General Manager Paul Monroe said.
The Central Iron County Water Conservancy District is working actively on two large projects, including an aquifer recharge project and an aquifer balance project.
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