On Wednesday, Utah State University’s Quinney College of Natural Resources and Utah environmental groups will host a public meeting on water conservation in Cache Valley. The event will center on the Bear River Development Project which seeks to address Utah’s water supply concerns.
The Utah Division of Water Resources has already begun investigating potential reservoir sites. Marisa Egbert, project manager with the UDWR, said that keeping up with Utah’s growing water needs is about more than creating reservoirs.
"The overall plan to have water available for a growing population is definitely more than just the idea of reservoir storage,” Egbert said. “Conservation is a huge key in this process and that is something that the citizens in Utah have been doing a great job so far. That's something that has got to continue. Conservation has got to be a part of the Utah water users’ ethic."
“Safeguarding Cache Valley’s Water: Bear River Development Project” is the title of the presentation and discussion at noon in Room 102 of the Biology-Natural Resources Building at USU.
To hear more about the Bear River Development Project and a full conversation with Egbert, tune into The Source on Friday at 9 a.m., hosted by Jennifer Pemberton.
