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Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT)
August 12, 2002
City fights high-low water flow
Author: Sharon Haddock
CEDAR HILLS -- Several cities in Utah County are finding themselves victims of the "Super
Bowl Halftime Syndrome."
"It's just like everybody flushing during the break in the Super Bowl game," said Konrad
Hildebrandt, city manger for Cedar Hills, referring the statewide practice of watering lawns and
gardens during nighttime hours.
"It maxes out the system."
Cedar Hills officials are therefore asking the larger users, Alpine School District which has two
elementary schools in the city, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), which
has two churches, and local businesses to water during the day rather than at night.
"We were jumping all of our water," Hildebrandt said. "Then we'd spend all day refilling the
tanks. The thing is, it's not that we don't have enough water. We have plenty of water, but
everybody can't use it at once."
Hildebrandt said a couple of times the demand from the 5,500 residents has emptied the tanks
to a level that set off the automatic warning system.
"It rang all our cell phones," he said. "It got to one of the lowest levels we've had."
City officials have put announcements on the city Web site and in the city newsletter to let
people know about the change and to ward off complaints about city watering during the
forbidden hours of 10 a.m. through 6 p.m.
"We haven't had any complaints that I know of," Hildebrandt said. "I think we've gotten the
word out."
In Spanish Fork, watering the Spanish Oaks Golf Course only during the evening hours has been
problematic because the canyon winds blow away the water and prevent good soaking.
When the golf course managers switched to watering during the day, they heard from the public.
"It just doesn't work (to water at night)," said golf course superintendant Doug Adams.
Brigham Young University Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture Frank C. Williams said the
winds evaporate more water than heat and actually cause a waste of water.
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