Utah Towns Grapple With Critical Water Supply Shortage

Many state drinking water reservoirs are less than half full due to severe drought

The Echo Reservoir in Utah is roughly at half capacity due to a severe ongoing drought that has affected the entire state. Allan Stein/Epoch Times

To say that Utah’s water shortage in 2021 is severe doesn’t do justice to the stark reality that many of the state’s lakes, creeks, and reservoirs are literally drying up.

And unless nature cooperates soon, some of these once-full bodies of potable water will resemble the desert areas that surround them.