https://www.ironcountywater.org/home daily 1.0 2024-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1626126197227-XX1PJL17MJFS48H888BW/Home+Page+Graphic+-+Money+Pile.png Home - Make it stand out Central Iron County Water District is proposing to spend $260 million on a massive new project which would require water rates to increase by 400-700%, according to their own analysis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621025268573-CE0MHE8CUEBIKF1L7KSP/Home+Page+Graphic+-+Water+Rate+Increases.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621532689394-3RW0S7MR5M30CRYQOU3P/Home+Page+Graphic+-+Iron+County+Financial+Plan-3.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironcountywater.org/tax-and-spend daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1626129648151-HL77J6C1XCVLE8OALFHM/Tax+%26+Spend+-+Graphic+-+CICWD+2019+Revenue+Sources.png Tax and Spend - Make it stand out Nearly 70 percent of the Central Iron County Water District’s (CICWD) revenues come from the collection of property taxes, according to their own audited financial statement. For every $1 in water sales, CICWD brings in nearly $3 from property taxes. This lowers the price of water, incentivizing customers to waste water. Large water users, especially tax-exempt agencies, are not paying for the full cost of their water use, instead leaving working families to foot the bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621026570550-10UF1361H7GGKY0O00FA/Tax+%26+Spend+-+Graphic+-+Water+Use+and+Spending.png Tax and Spend - Make it stand out By phasing out property taxes, high water users would be forced to pay the full cost of their water use and consumption would be reduced. Reducing water demand not only saves water, it defers or eliminates the need for new government spending on infrastructure, saving taxpayers and ratepayers money. https://www.ironcountywater.org/wasteful daily 0.75 2021-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621029216551-C2650DHQEL87LSQDOQFH/Wasteful+Page+-+Graphic+-+Water+Drops.png Wasteful (Centered Images) - Make it stand out The Pine Valley Project, proposed by the Iron County Water District, would mine water from groundwater aquifers in Beaver County, repeating the damage the water district has already inflicted on the Cedar Valley aquifer. This would severely damage these ancient aquifers, causing irreparable damage to the water supply for current and future residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1623178248374-4IXXLV51HQ4G268EUC6C/Pine+Valley+Project+Map.png Wasteful (Centered Images) The Iron County Water District has over-pumped the Cedar Valley aquifer for decades, depleting their water supply. Now the water district is looking to do the same in neighboring Beaver County. The $260 million Pine Valley Project will use 15 groundwater wells to mine ancient groundwater aquifers in the desert and send the water 66 miles to Cedar City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621028923939-M1MIY2EY3R2DHUW0XRDU/Wasteful+Page+Graphic+-+Aquifer+Safe+Yields+vs+Pumped+Water+-+Bar+Chart.png Wasteful (Centered Images) - Make it stand out The Iron County Water District is over-pumping the Cedar Valley aquifer by 2.3 billion gallons of water per year. The water district’s poor leadership has mismanaged the water supply, threatening the future of Iron County. https://www.ironcountywater.org/alternatives daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1626816675807-KA1V326PFC3F9OZE01QS/Tax+%26+Spend+-+Graphic+-+CICWD+2019+Revenue+Sources.png Alternatives Nearly 70 percent of the Central Iron County Water District’s (CICWD) revenues come from the collection of property taxes, according to their own audited financial statement. For every $1 in water sales, CICWD brings in nearly $3 from property taxes. This lowers the price of water, incentivizing customers to waste water. Large water users, especially tax-exempt agencies, are not paying for the full cost of their water use, instead leaving working families to foot the bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1632951452508-WYPREBF5S9FYKRDFD43Y/Water+Rates+-++Iron+County%2C+30kaf+-+June+2021-transparent.png Alternatives - Make it stand out This water rate graph shows that Cedar City residents and institutions pay some of the least-expensive water rates in the American West. This is because local taxpayers are subsidizing their neighbors to waste water in the property taxes they pay on homes, cars and businesses. Many of these other cities do not pay property taxes to lower the price of water, which explains why these cities use less water than Cedar City residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1626817550963-IXTKRN9N1ICBOYCZ6V95/Alternatives+Page+Graphic+-+Ag+Water+vs+Municipal+Water.png Alternatives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1626818513087-6N537P8WOJ81OZ9AVAIJ/Alternatives+Page+Graphic+-+Cost+Comparison+-+Bar+Chart.png Alternatives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironcountywater.org/get-involved daily 0.75 2021-04-14 https://www.ironcountywater.org/call-to-action daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://www.ironcountywater.org/about daily 0.75 2021-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1619650779974-KIEGINDGJTUZXMBG0YZZ/Tax+and+Spend+Page+Graphic+-+Revenue+Sources+for+CICWCD+-+Pie+Chart-mod.png About Nearly 70 percent of the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District’s (CICWCD) revenues come from the collection of property taxes, according to their own audited financial statement. For every $1 in water sales, CICWCD brings in nearly $3 from property taxes. This lowers the price of water, incentivizing customers to waste water. Large water users, especially tax-exempt agencies, are not paying for the full cost of their water use, instead leaving working families to foot the bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1619651067215-DE0F1KFXGUGDEK7L1SAN/Water+Use+and+Spending.png About By phasing out property taxes, high water users would be forced to pay the full cost of their water use and consumption would be reduced. Reducing water demand not only saves water, it defers or eliminates the need for new government spending on infrastructure, saving taxpayers and ratepayers money. https://www.ironcountywater.org/wasteful-1 daily 0.75 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1626733521174-AAZJ4UOEHN8APTCN9VYP/Wasteful+Page+Graphic+-+Aquifer+Safe+Yields+vs+Pumped+Water+-+Bar+Chart.png Wasteful - Make it stand out The Central Iron County Water District is over-pumping the Cedar Valley aquifer by 2.3 billion gallons of water per year. The water district’s poor leadership has mismanaged the water supply, threatening future generations of Iron County residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1626734765079-ZH1DWFBUFWUE2839FT3V/Wasteful+Page+-+Graphic+-+Water+Drops.png Wasteful - Make it stand out The Pine Valley Project, proposed by the Iron County Water District, would mine water from groundwater aquifers in Beaver County, repeating the damage the water district has already inflicted on the Cedar Valley aquifer. This would severely damage these ancient aquifers, causing irreparable damage to the water supply for current and future residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1626734884560-8FQTO434WM9TQV6XKBM5/Pine+Valley+Project+Map.png Wasteful - Central Iron County Water District’s Proposed Pine Valley Project The Iron County Water District has over-pumped the Cedar Valley aquifer for decades, depleting their water supply. Now the water district is looking to do the same in neighboring Beaver County. The $260 million Pine Valley Project will use 15 groundwater wells to mine ancient groundwater aquifers in the desert and send the water 66 miles to Cedar City. https://www.ironcountywater.org/home-1 daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621532689394-3RW0S7MR5M30CRYQOU3P/Home+Page+Graphic+-+Iron+County+Financial+Plan-3.png Home (Centered Images) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621025268573-CE0MHE8CUEBIKF1L7KSP/Home+Page+Graphic+-+Water+Rate+Increases.png Home (Centered Images) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621025088816-8XWD18YTN9HEEAQPNAZM/Home+Page+Graphic+-+Money+Pile.png Home (Centered Images) - Make it stand out Central Iron County Water Conservancy District is proposing to spend $260 million on a massive new project which would require water rates to increase by 400-700%, according to their own analysis. https://www.ironcountywater.org/tax-and-spend-1 daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621026570550-10UF1361H7GGKY0O00FA/Tax+%26+Spend+-+Graphic+-+Water+Use+and+Spending.png Tax and Spend (Centered Images) - Make it stand out By phasing out property taxes, high water users would be forced to pay the full cost of their water use and consumption would be reduced. Reducing water demand not only saves water, it defers or eliminates the need for new government spending on infrastructure, saving taxpayers and ratepayers money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621026163982-XN1BZVQPI59BMY1ODYZX/Tax+%26+Spend+-+Graphic+-+CICWD+2019+Revenue+Sources.png Tax and Spend (Centered Images) Nearly 70 percent of the Central Iron County Water District’s (CICWD) revenues come from the collection of property taxes, according to their own audited financial statement. For every $1 in water sales, CICWD brings in nearly $3 from property taxes. This lowers the price of water, incentivizing customers to waste water. Large water users, especially tax-exempt agencies, are not paying for the full cost of their water use, instead leaving working families to foot the bill. https://www.ironcountywater.org/alternatives-1 daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621288661183-8WQV9DERTH7FHQ0QMSEM/Tax+%26+Spend+-+Graphic+-+CICWD+2019+Revenue+Sources.png Alternatives (Centered Images) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621534628192-D4OYHDQ0FH7J1JIALTVE/Alternatives+Page+Graphic+-+Ag+Water+vs+Municipal+Water.png Alternatives (Centered Images) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621530518775-L10YTDO1L4ZEJ9IYM5JO/Water+Rates+-+Iron+County+-+March+2021.png Alternatives (Centered Images) - Make it stand out This water rate graph shows that Cedar City residents and institutions pay some of the least-expensive water rates in the American West. This is because local taxpayers are subsidizing their neighbors to waste water in the property taxes they pay on homes, cars and businesses. Many of these other cities do not pay property taxes to lower the price of water, which explains why these cities use less water than Cedar City residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60590ee5af1e703a503cfb8f/1621530873597-DMJXJJKU1V7CTBEM79OT/Alternatives+Page+Graphic+-+Cost+Comparison+-+Bar+Chart.png Alternatives (Centered Images) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ironcountywater.org/make-a-donation daily 0.75 2025-05-06