Utah legislators and the governor are demanding that the people of Utah cut back on their outdoor water use, restricting us to two days a week. Our lawns and trees are suffering, sometimes dying, all while the state authorities are passing out licenses to data centers to use hundreds of thousands of gallons of water a day.
If the state really cared about saving water, they would not offer it up to new businesses (Stratos Data Center and the new Tooele Data Center). These vampires will suck up all the available water they can and leave the rest of us lamenting our burned out lots. Utah won’t feel the same without trees and greenery. It will become just another dying desert.
Anna Florin, South Jordan