OGDEN — After two years of research, the Ogden City Council has established a plan for dealing with potential water shortages in the city.
The management plan prescribes measures the city can take depending on water conditions.
A color-coded alert level for water conditions will be available on the City Council Web site, www.ogdencity.com. If notifications are needed, messages may be sent home with students, posted in public places or delivered by local media in the form of public service announcements.
Normal water conditions are represented with green.
A moderate water shortage, characterized by river and reservoir levels below 30 percent of normal, is represented by yellow.
A severe water shortage, meaning river and reservoir levels are below 50 percent of normal, is represented by orange.
An extreme shortage, represented with red, means extraordinary drought, water system failure or water supply contamination and would require a 30 percent reduction in city water usage.
Ogden's water department will monitor water availability and make recommendations based on the Surface Water Supply Index, which is measured by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The SWSI measures snowpack, stream flow, precipitation and reservoir storage.
— Joseph M. Dougherty
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First off... why is there a water shortage??? Didn't they tell us the drought was over a couple years back? Sure seems to me like we've had quite an abundance of snowpack the last couple years
I think, in all actuality, that this wouldn't More..
I don't think there is a water shortage. It appears the City is making advance plans for when there is a shortage. The article was not clear on this.
The state of Utah and its many cities have been in denial of our resources and the limits it puts on developement. Governments idea of resource and developement is to force everyone to cut use so they can add more developement that can't reasonably More..