I wanted to lose weight, so I cut my hair, trimmed my beard and clipped my nails. I was so disappointed when I got on the scales. Not every problem can be solved by tinkering around the edges; sometimes we have to get to the root of things.

I wanted to save water, so I fixed a leaky faucet, planted drought-resistant landscaping, took shorter showers, kept that old single flush toilet and nozzled the hose. I am so disappointed there's still a drought. Let's "slow the flow" but let's ease up a little on city dwellers and small-business owners who account for only about 15 percent of Utah's water use. Only the big users can solve the 30 percent shortfall. We need the Jordan Valley demonstration garden, we need reservoirs to hold our legal share of Colorado River water, and we especially need an aggressive water conservation experimental farm at Utah State University.

Clark Larsen

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