So let me get this straight. You think that Wasatch Front cities are the ones located close to Wasatch Fault line or are close to I-15; I-215, or I-80. So, when they build a belt route (Mountain View Corridor) that includes SS and EM, then they can join the elite club of Wasatch Front communities. This is idiotic. Salt Lake Valley is much wider than Utah Valley which also means that West Jordan, South Jordan, Herriman, etc are just as far from the Wasatch Fault as SS or North EM. You are also saying that Herriman as well as the new Daybreak community are not part of the Wasatch Front because they sit on the slope of the Oq. Mtns. Again, ridiculous. I think that if your community resides within the metropolitan areas of Odgen, Provo, or Salt Lake city, then you are part of the Wasatch Front. It has nothing to do with proximity to the Wasatch Fault, I-15 or I-80. Example: The Front Range cities in Colorado includes all metropolitan cities on the east side of the Front Range--in some areas that is 50 miles east.

"Waterwise" hit it right on the head in terms of how to conserve, but tell that to the utah Legislature. The republican party would rather lose the white house to Obama than admit that the majority of Americans want everyone to participate in a more environmentally friendly economy, such as forcing the biggest water consumers (agriculture, industry) to pay more for their higher use. If we can set up a good system that does this, I think everyone would be for it, but try getting that passed through the Utah Legislature.

To "To To Some Wacko": It takes a real Junior High school kid to tur this into some east-west side hate battle. Now I feel like I'm 15 again. None of the posters above talking aboutconservation int he newe areas thinks this conservation comes at the benefit of more water use or water use at the same level in the existing areas. Obviously the existing areas need to improve, but that change will come slowly as building codes change and existing homes are slowly forced to adopt better equipment/conservation measures. In new areas, you can get fast improvements relatively cheap. Its called low hanging fruit.