Richfield residents and agencies that use large quantities of culinary water for sprinkler irrigation will face water rationing if they don't practice better conservation.

That's the warning from city officials, who said users of substantial amounts of water have been asked to curtail water use to three days each week with no watering on Sundays.Meanwhile, officials announced they have awarded a contract to drill a test culinary water well at the north end of the industrial park. The contract went to Scott Stephenson for $24,500.

A successful well would increase the city's culinary water supply. Most of the city's water source is a spring west of the city, but other wells are pumped into the system when needed.

But water sources haven't fully met demands in recent weeks.

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At times the storage level at the main tank has dropped to levels of concern, particular in the case of fires. The supply has been as low as 30 percent, it was reported.

Richfield doesn't have a pressurized irrigation system and culinary water is used for much of the lawn and landscaping irrigation.

Government agencies and other users of large quantities of water that have been requested to use it only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are the Sevier County Criminal Justice Complex, the National Guard Armory, chapels of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Sevier School District.

Asked to water only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays are personnel at the Richfield Care Center, Richfield Indian Residential Hall, Sevier Valley Hospital, the Central Utah Young Home and Kmart.

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