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Report: Utah water districts are swimming in tax revenues

Critics say practice subsidizes water delivery, promoting wasteful use of a disappearing resource.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Spinning sprinkler in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Outdoor watering amounts for most of Utah's municipal water use, which critics believe could be greatly reduced if Utah ended its reliance on property taxes in ways that subsidize wasteful practices.