Xeriscaping? Charging higher fees? See what your city is doing to save water.
Cities across the Salt Lake Valley are saving this precious resource by easing landscape rules, providing incentives and improving fixtures.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Activity zone, at Conservation Garden Park on the grounds of the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022.
Alixel Cabrera is a Report for America corps member and writes about communities on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has reported on the economy, energy, food and culture for newspapers and websites in Venezuela and the U.S.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.