In booming southwest Utah, a new wastewater reuse plant will boost the arid region’s water supplies

The Confluence Park Water Reclamation Facility will create reuse water to irrigate farms, gardens and golf courses in Washington County.

(Brooke Larsen | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mike Chandler, superintendent of the Ash Creek Special Service District, discusses how wastewater enters and is screened in the headworks building at the Confluence Park Water Reclamation Facility in La Verkin on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.

In booming southwest Utah, a new wastewater reuse plant will boost the arid region’s water supplies

The Confluence Park Water Reclamation Facility will create reuse water to irrigate farms, gardens and golf courses in Washington County.

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