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Utah Gov. Cox issues drought executive order, urges Utahns to conserve water
With Utah facing a drier year, Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 17 counties due to drought conditions. The counties covered by the order include southern and rural areas of Washington, Iron, San Juan, Kane, Juab, Emery, Grand, Beaver, Garfield, Piute, Millard, Tooele, Uintah, Carbon, Sevier, Sanpete and Wayne counties. The governor’s executive order comes after the Drought Response Committee recently recommended he act due to drought conditions. “We’ve been monitoring drought conditions closely, and unfortunately, our streamflow ...
