![]() Though the start of 2023 has thus far produced the largest levels of snowpack across the state since the early 1980s, the state and West will likely have to continue dealing with a two-decades-long drought that has been “brutal” in recent years, Renstrom said. Without water, all of that will come to a “screeching halt,” Renstrom said. In terms of economy, the county’s water supply provides a foundation in Washington County from which an estimated $8.3 billion in gross domestic product is generated. Water is essential for food and energy production, industry and development and the general health and safety of the community, Renstrom highlighted as a part of a series of projected slides that accompanied his address. “Water is used for everything,” Zach Renstrom, general manager of the Washington County Water Conservancy District, told the crowd that packed the Dixie Convention Center’s main ballroom. ![]() Zach Renstrom, general manager of the Washington County Water Conservancy District, speaks at the What’s Up Down South Economic Summit, St. GEORGE - The importance of water, its conservation and further development was the focus of an address given by Washington County’s top water manager at the What’s Up Down South Economic Summit held in St. ![]()
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