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In response to the front-page article of The Salt Lake Tribune on Sept. 4, "Utah's Water Quality: No easy answers": There are two that come to mind.
(1) Whether or not the Republicans in this state believe in climate change — it is happening! Adding to that, we are the second-driest state in the country and yet lush green lawns are everywhere. Xeriscape, xeriscape, xeriscape!
(2) The water Utah does have and the infrastructure cannot support the tremendous growth we've seen in recent years brought about by bringing more and more business to Utah and, thereby, more people, further depleting the water resources. Gov. Gary Herbert and his minions need to quit promoting Utah as "the place" for business. Enough already!
Laurel M. Hansen
Salt Lake City