This story was reported in partnership with KSL-TV and the Colorado River Collaborative , with support from The Water Desk at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

One size fits all. That’s great for hats in the Zion National Park gift shop but not for water conservation goals.

So at the start of this decade — and for the first time — Utah figured it would ditch that statewide approach and set goals that account for regional differences in water supplies and uses.

After all, life in Salt Lake County isn’t like living in the eastern rural counties along the Colorado border. Water, as it turns out, “is very hyperlocal,” said Candice Hasenyager, director of the Utah Division of Water Resources .

The Beehive State needs to do more with less as grow

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