{"id":667329,"date":"2026-05-27T04:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T04:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/667329\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T04:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T04:03:08","slug":"state-asks-utahns-to-reduce-water-use-as-all-29-counties-experience-severe-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/667329\/","title":{"rendered":"State asks Utahns to reduce water use as all 29 counties experience severe drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) \u2014 With all 29 Utah counties in severe drought and 22 experiencing extreme drought, <a href=\"https:\/\/governor.utah.gov\/press\/gov-cox-issues-drought-executive-order-record-low-snowpack-and-record-warm-winter-drive-statewide-drought-response\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the state<\/a> is asking Utahns to be mindful of water use.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to watering your lawn, costs are still higher in other states.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report by lawn company Lawn Love revealed the <a href=\"https:\/\/lawnlove.com\/blog\/most-expensive-cities-lawn-irrigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">most expensive cities for watering your lawn in 2026.<\/a> Cities in Arizona and Nevada were listed as having the most expensive cities for watering lawns.<\/p>\n<p>Rankings include:<\/p>\n<p>Scottsdale, ArizonaHenderson, NevadaLas Vegas, NevadaTucson, ArizonaBuckeye, ArizonaNorth Las Vegas, NevadaYuma, ArizonaPhoenix, ArizonaMission, TexasGlendale, Arizona<\/p>\n<p>While Utah cities weren&#8217;t listed in the top ten, slowing real estate growth was mentioned in the Ogden Valley. This is a place where planned housing developments have been reportedly constrained, delayed, or blocked due to water availability. <\/p>\n<p>The Utah Department of Natural Resources has a weekly<a href=\"https:\/\/conservewater.utah.gov\/weekly-lawn-watering-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> lawn watering guide<\/a> to advise lawn owners on how to maintain their yards appropriately without waste.<\/p>\n<p>During the last week of May, the guide recommended no watering for residents in Summit County and two waterings for most other counties of the state. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (10)<\/p>\n<p>_____<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) \u2014 With all 29 Utah counties in severe drought and 22 experiencing extreme drought,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-667329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}